A £90,000 project to remove overhead powerlines from Corney Fell has been completed.
Electricity North West has launched on the scheme to bury 37km of cables in the Lake District National Park – at a total cost of over £4 million.
The work is funded by an allowance from the regulator Ofgem, as part of an eight-year programme.
The Lake District National Park Authority has surveyed the electricity lines in the national park and the most feasible are then submitted to Electricity North West to be incorporated in the programme.
Friends of the Lake District overhead wires officer, Amanda McCleery, said: “These poles ad wires were close to a footpath with stunning views west to the Northern Fells so it is great to get them removed.
“Friends of the Lake District appreciates the hard work put into such undergrounding schemes by multiple staff within Electricity North West, from when the site is first surveyed to when the last pole is taken down.”
Tim Duckmanton, of the Lake District National Park Authority, said: “Thanks to the great work by Electricity North West on this scheme and others, the removal of overhead lines is helping protect the beautiful landscape of the Lake District, whilst sensitively maintaining the electrical power network, so that it doesn’t detract from the landscape.”
