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North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision: news

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Roundway Hill pylon

Going underground – plans submitted to remove 4.6km section of overhead power lines in North Wessex Downs

1 Mar 2023
Proposal to remove 4.6km of existing overhead high voltage electricity line and replace it with underground infrastructure

Taking a hike along the pylons at the North Wessex Downs Walking Festival

23 Jun 2022
We’re improving the landscape in Devizes by going underground.

The project plans in photos

4 Aug 2021
We’re improving the landscape in Devizes by going underground.

North Wessex Downs ground investigation surveys

1 Apr 2021
A short programme of ground investigation surveys will begin in the North Wessex Downs AONB the week commencing 12th April to help inform the development of proposals for the Visual Impact Provision (VIP) project.

Civil war and more

19 Mar 2021
Wiltshire is an historically rich landscape and our project area for the Going Underground scheme is no exception.
Underground cables

Going underground: the process explained

5 Feb 2021
The North Wessex Downs VIP project aims to remove up to 13 pylons from the landscape and replace them with a 4km section of underground cables.
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