8/6/2019 Power Line Routing Survey
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This leaet gives a broad overview o the proposals and provides
inormation on
where urther details can be obtained. The leaet also sets out
how you can have
your say on the project and make comment on the preerred
routes.
Copies o the Public Consultation Document, which sets out the
ull details o how the
preerred routes have been selected, are available or review. I
you require a copy o
this document or yoursel you can view it on the internet at:
www.sppowersystems.co.uk/networkservices/perormance.asp
or you can request a CD ROM by contacting:
[email protected]
or by writing to:
Ewe Hill and Newfeld Project Manager
Scottish Power Energy Networks
New Alderston House
Dove Wynd
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3FF
Please stipulate i you require a hard copy o the report.
A public exhibition will be held in early summer 2009 to present
the project and also
allow you to ask questions to members o the project team and
make comments on
the proposals. Your eedback is a vital part in the process o
fnalising preerred routes
which consider the environmental issues along with public
opinion.
You can also submit your comments, to SPT, by email at:
[email protected]
Following submission o comments and responses, SPT will ound
upon a proposed
route or each connection. These will be carried orward to
Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) the results o which will be reported in an
Environmental Statement
(ES).
SPT will use the ES to support its two Section 37 applications
(one or each connection)
under the Electricity Act 1989 to the Scottish Ministers or
consent to install and operate
the overhead lines.
Public Consultation & Further Inormation
Gretna Substation to
Ewe Hill and Newfeld Windarms
132kV Transmission Line
Construction
GILLESPIES
Public Consultation Leaet
It is proposed that the transmission lines would be built using
a heavy duty pole line.
The poles would have a nominal height o around 13m-15m, and
would support three
conductors (wires) in a horizontal at ormation, as shown in the
above photographs.
The spacing between the poles will vary depending on topography
and altitude and
will be determined ater a detailed line survey, but will be in
the range o 70m-90m.
Line construction typically ollows a standard sequence o
operations which are:
4 Prepare access
4 Install pole oundations
4 Erect poles
4 String conductors
4Reinstate pole sites and remove temporary accesses
It is preerred to have vehicular access to every pole site or
oundation excavation
and pole installation. Access routes and detailed arrangements
will be agreed with
each landowner or tenant prior to construction. Access can take
various orms and is
dependent on ground conditions. In poorer conditions temporary
access works may
be required, which can vary rom laying temporary wooden or
aluminium matting to
installing crushed stone roads. Ground disturbed during
construction o the new lines
will be reinstated.
Every eort will be made to cause least disturbance to landowners
and local residents
during construction. The routes o the lines are selected to
avoid as ar as possible
communities and individual dwellings and to provide a
sympathetic ft with the
surrounding landscape.
Construction o typical wood pole
