In your area

Construction for EGL2 has now begun, with the project expected to be operational in 2029.

You can find out more about the infrastructure in England by looking at our interactive map.

Community updates

In order to construct EGL2, we need to conduct a range of activities, such as intrusive surveys, construction of access roads, and out of hours works. On occasion, we will need to put in place traffic management measures, including road closures and traffic light systems, to ensure the safety of all road users and our workforce.

Details of our ongoing and upcoming traffic management measures and other project updates can be found in the table(s) below:

Scottish onshore activities

No upcoming works.

English onshore activities

Works	Location	Measures in place	Expected timings	Link to more information
Vegetation clearance	Fraisthorpe, Barmston, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Wednesday 21 May 2025	TBC
Machinery movement	Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes	Tuesday 20 May 2025	N/A
Vegetation clearance	Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Thursday 15 - Friday 16 May 2025	Traffic management map
Vegetation clearance	Skerne and Wansford, Skerne, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 12 - Friday 16 May 2025	Traffic management map
Utilities works	Wren Hall Lane, Drax	Road closure (managed by Northern Powergrid)	Monday 7 April - Monday 16 June 2025	N/A
Piling works	Wren Hall Converter Station site	N/A	Monday 7 April 2025 onwards	Resident postcard

Archived community updates

Scotland

Works	Location	Measures in place	Expected timings	Link to more information
Overnight traffic management	A90 U66	Overnight traffic lights in various locations	Monday 5 - Friday 9 May 2025 (10pm to 6am)	Project update
Geophysical surveys	Sandford Bay and surrounds	No traffic impact	Monday 3 - Friday 14 February 2025	Project update
Water connection works	Adjacent to A90, Peterhead	Southbound lane closure	Monday 13 - Tuesday 21 January 2025	Project update
Water and sewage connections	A90	2-hour traffic management	Monday 12 - Friday 23 August 2024	N/A
Ducts installation	U66 C64B	Road closure	U66: Thursday 13 – 30 June 2024 C64B: Saturday 13 – Sunday 15 June 2024	N/A
132 kV cable undergrounding	U66	Road closure	Sunday 17 – Wednesday 27 March 2024 Monday 18 – Friday 29 March 2024	N/A
11 kV cable undergrounding and rerouting	A90 U66	Traffic management	Wednesday 21 - Wednesday 28 February 2024	N/A

England

Works	Location	Measures in place	Expected timings	Link to more information
Machinery movement	Gransmoor, Burton Agnes, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Monday 15 May 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Tuesday 13 May 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Wansford Road, Nafferton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Monday 12 May 2025	N/A
Vegetation clearance	Wansford Road, Nafferton, East Riding	Stop and go traffic management	Friday 9 - Tuesday 13 May 2025	Traffic management map
Machinery movement	Gransmoor Lane, Kelk, Great Kelk, East Riding	Temporary road closure and diversion	Wednesday 7 May 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Jenkinson Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Wednesday 7 May 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Skerne and Wansford, Skerne, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Monday 28 April 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Thursday 24 April 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Cliffe Road/Long Lane, Market Weighton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Thursday 24 April 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Station Road, Middleton, Bainton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Wednesday 16 April 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Howden Road, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Sleights Lane, Eastrington, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Thursday 10 - Monday 14 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Bursea Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Tuesday 8 - Thursday 10 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Drain Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 7 - Thursday 10 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Lock Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 7 - Wednesday 9 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Kiplingcotes Lane, Goodmanham, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Spring Road, Etton, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Fisher Street, Etton, Lund, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Kiplingcotes Racecourse, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Holme Wold Road, Dalton Holme, Lund, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Lund, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Thursday 27 March - Tuesday 1 April 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Middleton, Middleton on the Wolds, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Thursday 27 - Monday 31 March 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Jenkinson Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Tuesday 25 - Thursday 27 March 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Bainton, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 24 - Monday 31 March 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Out Gates, Harpham, Lowthorpe, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Monday 24 - Wednesday 26 March 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 March 2025	Traffic management map
Machinery movement	Beverley Road, Middleton, Lund, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Tuesday 18 March 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Etton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Tuesday 18 March 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Middleton, Middleton on the Wolds, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Tuesday 18 March 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Bainton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Tuesday 18 March 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Carr Lane, Nafferton, Wansford, East Riding	Road closure and diversion	Thursday 13 – Wednesday 19 March 2025	Traffic management map
Machinery movement	Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Bainton, East Riding	Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm	Monday 10 – Wednesday 12 March 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Hords Lane, Nafferton, Wansford, East Riding	Temporary road closure	Monday 3 – Friday 14 March 2025	N/A
Machinery movement	Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire	15 minute delay	Monday 3 March 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Station Road, Middleton, Bainton, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 24 – Friday 28 February 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	B1249, Skerne and Wansford, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Friday 14 – Tuesday 18 February 2025	Traffic management map
Geophysical surveys	Fraisthorpe Sands	No impact to public access	Monday 10 – Friday 14 February 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Main Street, Little Kelk, Great Kelk, East Riding	Three-way stop and go traffic management system	Thursday 6 - Monday 10 February 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding	Stop and go traffic management system	Wednesday 5 – Monday 10 February 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding	Stop and go traffic management system	Tuesday 4 - Wednesday 5 February 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Redhouse Lane, Long Drax, Drax, North Yorkshire,	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Tuesday 28 – Thursday 30 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Hull Road, Newsholme, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	B1228, Howden, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Thursday 23 – Monday 27 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	A614, Spaldington, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Wednesday 22 - Friday 24 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	A614, Spaldington, East Riding	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Cliffe Road, Market Weighton, East Riding	Three-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 20 - Thursday 23 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Skiff Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding	Stop and go traffic management system	Monday 13 – Wednesday 15 January 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Sand Lane, North Cliffe, south of Market Weighton, East Riding	Three-way stop and go traffic management system	Monday 13 – Friday 15 January 2025	N/A
Ground surveys	Beverley Road, Hutton Cranswick	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 January 2025	Traffic management map
Ground surveys	Arras Hill, Market Weighton	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights and lane closures	Thursday 16 – Monday 20 January 2025	Traffic management map
Early survey works for the installation of a construction compound	Sancton Road (A1034), Market Weighton	Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 November 2024	Traffic management map
Wren Hall Converter Station site access	Wren Hall Lane, Drax, North Yorkshire	Road closure	Tuesday 22 October – Monday 11 November 2024	Traffic management map
Wren Hall Converter Station site access	New Road, Drax, North Yorkshire	Three-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights	Monday 9 September – Sunday 13 October 2024	Traffic management map

What we are constructing in your area

Peterhead area

Construction of the Peterhead Converter Station began in October 2024.

This was preceded by a period of enabling works to prepare the site. These works, carried out by our contractor, Keltbray, which included moving and replacing some existing electrical infrastructure on the site to make way for the converter station platform, as well as creating access roads and new junctions, water and sewerage connections, and creating the car park and site offices for our contractors.

Working hours

The site will operate a 5-6 day working week, with operations and deliveries being undertaken between 7am-7pm on weekdays and 7am-1pm on Saturdays. Please note, there will be very limited work on Saturdays initially.

Any night-time operations will need to be approved by Aberdeenshire Council prior to the works starting.

Marine cable route

Our contractor, Prysmian, will lay the subsea cable using their state-of-the-art Cable Installation Vessels, making use of various techniques to accurately lay the cable on the seabed and bury it.

When the cable is laid on the seabed it is also buried using a plough. In areas where the use of the plough is not applicable, a trenching tool may be used, or alternatively the cable may be buried using rock placement techniques to ensure sufficient protection.

Once both the onshore and offshore cables are laid and buried, they are joined together at both landfall locations. To minimise construction impacts at the landfalls, the cables will be installed using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). This method installs ducts, which are tubes used to carry cables underneath the nearshore area and out to sea, to reduce the impact on protected or rocky coastlines.

English onshore cable route

The onshore construction process involves several key stages.

First, trenches will be excavated to the required depth for the cable. If we need to cross existing infrastructure like roads or utilities, we use horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to minimise disruption.

Next, pipes or ducts are installed in the trenches and HDD tunnels. After that, the trenches are backfilled with soil or other materials. Finally, the HVDC cables are pulled through the installed pipes or ducts, completing the process.

As part of the construction process, we will also be constructing a temporary haul road that will run parallel to the route. This is a temporary road that will service the installation of cables along the cable route. It will also enable the delivery of resources and personnel throughout the build. Once completed, the land will be returned to its pre-construction state.

This access road will include the construction of various bellmouths. These are access points across the route that will allow for the safe entrance and exit of vehicles to the site and will also help to service our three construction compounds that are being erected at strategic points along the onshore cable route.

These compounds are temporary and will be removed and the land reinstated following completion of the cable route.

Wren Hall Converter Station

Construction for the Wren Hall Converter Station began in September 2024, in order to set up the construction compound. This includes establishing a site office, a welfare area, canteen, car park and various construction storage areas.

From November 2024 to Spring 2025, we will be conducting bulk earthworks, to stabilise the ground and enable the construction of the converter station platform.

Working hours

The site will operate a 5-6 day working week, with operations and deliveries being undertaking between 7am-7pm on weekdays and 8am-5pm on Saturdays.

There may be some occasions where work is required outside of these hours, for example, the delivery of abnormal loads or particular construction activities such as the pouring of concrete.

Overhead line improvements

Work on the overhead line from Drax Substation to Fenwick began in April 2025 and will continue until August 2025. The refurbishment will see the installation and commissioning of a new 400kV cable system that will replace the existying able terminating near Fenwick.

For the safety of the public during hese works, there will be a requirement to close a number of public rights of way (PRoW) that pass below the conductors. These will begin east of Camblesforth and finish in Balne, with 15 PRoWs affected in total between May and September 2025.

The full list of closures are as follows:

Camblesforth

From the A645 south through Drax Golf Course
Footpath closure in place south of the A645 alongside the western edge of Drax Golf Course

Carlton

From the top of Low Street, Carlton, north towards Little Underwit Wood
From the southern end of Linwith Lane, north towards the railway line
From the southern end of Linwith Lane north west towards Bull Alley Lane

Topham

From Balne Lodge east towards Balne Hall, and south towards Topham Ferry Bridge
From Topham Ferry Bridge west along the River Went

Gowdall/Snaith and Cowick

From the northern end of Lodge Lane following the southern bank of the River Aire to the east.
Closure beginning midway down Dorr Lane and continuing south
Beginning on the A645 opposite the southern end of Dorr Lane, continuing eastwards adjacent to the M62.

Pollington

Closure starting at Berridge Lane and continuing east until Carr Lane
From Balne Croft Lane off Crowcroft Lane, continuing east towards Oak Lane alongside the Aire & Calder Navigation
Closure starting at Crowcroft Lane and continuing south towards Balne Lodge
Closure beginning at Main Street and continuing south towards Balne Fleet Drain, crossing the swing bridge.

While the majority of these works will be non-intrusive, we are committed to being a good neighbour. All areas will be fully reinstated following the completion of works, and over the course of our project, we will keep communities and local representatives updated with advance notice of works and community funding opportunities.

Please note, whilst we endeavour to work within the dates provided, the duration of these closures are subject to change.  