National Grid says pylons offer better value to bill-payers than burying power cables underground.
National Grid have said a 114-mile line of pylons across three counties is the only viable way of carrying electricity from offshore windfarms.said in the Commons this week
The line of pylons was originally planned to help the Conservative government hit its target of decarbonising electricity by 2035.One said: "Pylons are ugly and this is an absolute disaster for the British countryside.
Mr McGarry said National Grid had "regulatory obligations" to connect to North Sea windfarms "when they're ready, and they will be ready by 2030"., have urged the government to pause the project while other alternatives, such as running more of the cables offshore, were considered. The Green MP for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay, supported calls for a delay in the Commons this week, but the Prime Minister urged him to "show some leadership" and back the pylons.Dart Charge fine regulations 'must be changed'
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