Welsh windfarm electricity pylons plan for Shrewsbury

Electricity cables could stretch across the Shropshire countryside north of Shrewsbury to link with the National Grid at one of three points, it was revealed today.

Lower Frankton, Wigmarsh or Walford Heath have been chosen as possible end points for a high voltage power line running from windfarms in Mid Wales to tie in with the major electricity network for Britain.

A consultation meeting in Oswestry heard yesterday a decision on the site depends on whether a substation to collect the windfarm power is built at either Cefn Coch or Abermule.

There is then a choice of 10 route corridors along which the connection could travel.

Representatives from the National Grid told the meeting it was vital people voiced their opinion about the choices.

Jane Taylor, from the National Grid, said the corridors were currently about a kilometre wide but stressed no decision had been taken on the detailed route of the power line.

She said neither had a decision been made on whether it would go under or overground.

"Our study has looked at the potential for making the connection overhead as well as entirely underground in order to assess the affects these could have," she added.

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