SSEN is spending £1.5m to replace high voltage power cables on Hayling Island - here's why
ENERGY company SSEN has begun a £1.5m investment plan geared at making Hayling Island's power supply more reliable.
The six-month project will see 12km of high voltage cable replaced to allow for new residential and commercial connections.
SSEN said the work will conclude in November keep the island’s infrastructure ‘resilient and secure for decades to come'.
SSEN’s project lead, Steve Cardinal, said: ‘We’re delighted to be investing such a significant sum to build a stronger power supply for our Hayling Island customers.
‘We’re very aware of working with the environment during this upgrade and as a result have already taken steps to alter the schedule due to water levels that would have delayed the progress of the project, and therefor lengthened the time we would have been working on the island.
‘We’ll also aim to minimise disruption wherever possible and our project team will work closely with those who live and work on the island to ensure the smooth running and progress of, not just these upgrade works, but of any planned, local activities during the works.’
A number of so-called planned supply interruptions will take place at the end of the project so it can be completed.
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SSEN said they will be 'carefully planned' to minimise disruption and residents will be advised 'well in advance’.
The company said it will be free to answer any questions raised by members of the public during the works.
Contact the company at ssen.co.uk/customersupport