Engineers reopen major road ahead of schedule during £3m Stalybridge power upgrade
Engineers reopen major road ahead of schedule during £3m Stalybridge power upgrade
On Friday night (24th August) engineers will complete work on Stamford Street ahead of schedule as part of a £3m project which will benefit 58,000 customers in Stalybridge, Buxton, Glossop and the High Peak areas.
Engineers from Electricity North West are replacing 7.4km of underground power cable, which has been powering the area since the 1960s, with new updated and environmentally-friendly electricity cables. 
Stamford Street has been closed to allow engineers to safely carry out the work and will now be fully reopened a week earlier than expected.
Ahead of the final phase of the project, which started on the 4th August, 1,500 letters were issued to local residents and businesses and more than 700 leaflets were handed out to customers at a stand at the local Tesco superstore on Trinity Street, Stalybridge.
John Pietsch, transmission south manager for Electricity North West, said: “We’re proud to be investing £3m in upgrading the power network in Stalybridge for more than 58,000 local residents.
“Whether it is charging your mobile or streaming your favourite TV series, we all take electricity for granted every day and its essential projects like this that make it happen.
“We know that although we’ve worked hard to keep disruption to a minimum, digging up and closing roads is never easy for local residents and businesses so we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience and support to allow us to carry out this work safely and ahead of time.”
Engineers will be back onsite on Huddersfield Road on Tuesday to install the cables and work will continue until the end of September. To safely carry out the work temporary traffic lights will be in place and the flow of traffic will be monitored closely.
For more information and updates please visit www.enwl.co.uk/stalybridge and see more photos from onsite please click here.