“CPRW Mntgomeryshire wish to make a single and simple point that the imposition of parallel transmission infrastructure is totally unacceptable in terms of landscape impact and should not be constructed on these grounds alone quite aside from other significant factors already enumerated by local people and organisations.

Over the last few years Ofgem has committed funding to the REMOVAL of some of the most unsightly pylon lines in the UK which will have a hugely beneficial landscape and visual impact. One can only conjecture why serious consideration is being given to erecting more such structures when elsewhere these are being removed at considerable expense to the public purse. This seems one of the most perverse decisions that could possibly be made.

CPRW Montgomeryshire is supportive of the construction of Wylfa B and of both the secure, reliable and carbon neutral base load it will provide to the Grid for many years as well as the local employment it will provide in both construction and operation.
The opportunity is now available to underground both the existing and the new lines simultaneously and this should be grasped and welcomed for the tremendous landscape amelioration that will result. The costs of undergrounding are stated to be some 7 times that of overhead lines but the generators consider undergrounding to be safer and more reliable in the long term thus reducing maintenance costs. It will also obviate the need for the costs of future undergrounding when Ofgem resolves to remove further of these unnecessary intrusions in some of our loveliest landscapes.
Thank you for considering our representation.”