Work has begun on a £14 million project to upgrade the power network in Cumbria.
Engineers from SP Electricity North West have started work on the next stage of its £14 million Westmorland project.
Teams will work to install 11km of new 33,000-volt underground electricity cables and a new substation will also be built.
Engineers started work along the C3073 connecting Roundthwaite and Orton village, near Tebay, yesterday, August 11.
It is estimated the work will take around seven months.
While work takes place, a one-lane closure will be used for the first five weeks, so engineers can work safely in the highway.
Nine kilometres of underground duct, which the cable sits in, has been installed, and once teams have completed work on the new substation, work will progress on the final two kilometres.
The investment will increase the capacity, resilience and reliability of the electricity network in the area, SP Electricity North West said.
