Apologies for the delay in updating the YAP website following National Grid’s announcement of their ‘preferred’ route corridor for the Hinkely C connection project, but after 2 years of waiting for their decision, it was harder than we thought to put down in words a response to their announcement. You will no doubt be aware that for the most part corridor 1A has been chosen, with sections of the route adopting corridor 2 – predictably a mixture of both routes with the ‘possibility’ that some of it may be undergrounded. For Yatton, this means that the proposed overhead line will broadly follow the existing path of 132kv pylons, the existing line will be taken down.
Although the announcement of National Grid’s preferred route corridor is a milestone, it is by no means the closing chapter as we must not forget the proposed new pylons are almost twice the size of the existing ones – in terms of both height and width! You may have noticed the cover of National Grid’s route announcement pamphlet – beautiful Somerset countryside, without a pylon in sight; turn to the inside pages and the pylons featured are half the size of the giant pylons we can expect if their proposals go ahead! Even at this stage in the process, National Grid cannot be honest with us.
We still have a long and hard fight ahead of us to campaign for the ENTIRE route to be put underground or undersea – all of the campaign groups are united in this aim. We will keep you up to date via the website.
Thank you for your continuing support.
Yatton Against Pylons
