EGL2 is under construction and is expected to be operational in 2029.
You can find out more about the infrastructure in England by looking at our interactive map.
Project timeline
Community updates
To build EGL2, we carry out a range of activities such as surveys, access works and construction.
At times, this may affect local roads and access. To keep everyone safe, we may use:
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Traffic lights
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Temporary road closures
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Managed access.
These measures help protect road users, reduce damage to local roads and keep traffic moving safely.
You can find details of current and upcoming works in the tables below.
Scotland construction activities
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Works
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Location
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Measures in place
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Expected timings
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Link to more information
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Extended weekend working hours Horizontal directional drilling and cable landfall works
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Peterhead
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7am - 5pm Saturday 8am - 5pm Sunday |
Saturday 19 July 2025 - March 2026
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Horizontal directional drilling and cable landfall works
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Sandford Bay, Peterhead
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N/A
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Ongoing
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Convertor station construction
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Peterhead convertor station
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N/A
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Ongoing
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English construction activities
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Measures in place |
Expected timings |
Link to more information
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Extended working hours
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Wren Hall Converter Station
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8am - 5pm on Sundays
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Until March 2027
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Trenching works
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Beverley Road and Lund Wold Road, East Riding
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Temporary road closures with diversions
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Monday 27 July for approximately 2 weeks
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Bellmouth installation
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B1228, near Station Road, East Riding
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Temporary stop and go boards
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Wednesday 5 August for approximately 1 week
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Bellmouth installation
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Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding
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Temporary stop and go boards
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Monday 27 July for approximately 3 weeks
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Cable works |
Kilnwick Road, Middleton- on-the-Wolds, East Riding |
Temporary road closure |
Tuesday 14 July for up to 2 week
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Archived community updates
January 2026
July 2026
June 2026
May 2026
April 2026
March 2026
February 2026
January 2026
October 2025
Utility survey - U66 - Road closure of a section of road close to Peterhead Converter Station site entrance - Sunday 5 October 2025
Repair of tactile paving at pedestrian crossing - U66/A90 Junction, Peterhead - Three-way traffic lights - Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 October 2025
May 2025
February 2025
January 2025
December 2025
Machinery movement - Lund Wold Road, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Wednesday 3 December
Machinery movement - Lund Wold Road, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Friday 12 December
November 2025
Machinery movement - Out Gates, Harpham, Lowthorpe, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Friday 28 November
October 2025
Vegetation clearance - Etton, East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Thursday 2 October
Vegetation clearance - Arras Hill, Market Weighton, East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Friday 3 October
Vegetation clearance - Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Monday 13 October
Vegetation clearance - Sand Lane, South Cliffe East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Monday 27 October
September 2025
Vegetation clearance - Jenkinson Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Monday 1 September
Vegetation clearance - Gransmoor, Burton Agnes, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Monday 1 September
Vegetation clearance - Beverley Road, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Friday 5 September
Vegetation clearance - Station Road, Middleton, Bainton, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Monday 8 September
Vegetation clearance - Middleton, Middleton on the Wolds, East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Thursday 18 September
Machinery movement - Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Lund Wold Road, East Riding - 15 minute delay - Thursday 11, Monday 15 and Monday 22 September
Vegetation clearance - Beverley Road, Middleton, Lund, East Riding - Cones placed at point of works to maintain a safe working area - Thursday 25 September
August 2025
Vegetation clearance - Wansford Road, Nafferton, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Friday 8 August 2025
Vegetation clearance - Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Wednesday 13 August 2025
Vegetation clearance - Carr Lane, Nafferton, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Friday 15 August 2025
Vegetation clearance - Driffield Road, Skerne, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Thursday 21 August 2025
Vegetation clearance - Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding - Cones placed at the point of works to maintain a safe working area - Friday 22 August 2025
June 2025
Machinery movement - Skiff Lane, Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 6pm - Wednesday 4 June 2025
Machinery movement - Main Street, Little Kelk, Great Kelk, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Wednesday 4 June 2025
Machinery movement - Outgates Wansford, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Friday 6 June 2025
Machinery movement - Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Friday 6 June 2025
Machinery movement - Skiff Lane, Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 12pm - Friday 6 June 2025
Machinery Movement - Fisher Street, Dalton Holme, East Riding of Yorkshire - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Wednesday 11 June 2025
Machinery movement - Dalton Holme, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Tuesday 17 June 2025
Machinery movement - Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Thursday 19 June 2025
Machinery movement - Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am - 12pm - Friday 20 June 2025
Ground surveys - New Road, Drax - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Monday 23 -Friday 27 June 2025
May 2025
Machinery movement - Gransmoor Lane, Kelk, Great Kelk, East Riding - Temporary road closure and diversion - Wednesday 7 May 2025
Machinery movement - Jenkinson Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Wednesday 7 May 2025
Machinery movement - Wansford Road, Nafferton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Monday 12 May 2025
Machinery movement - Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Tuesday 13 May 2025
Machinery movement - Gransmoor, Burton Agnes, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Monday 15 May 2025
Machinery movement - Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes - Tuesday 20 May 2025
Vegetation clearance - Fraisthorpe, Barmston, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Wednesday 21 May 2025
Machinery movement - Outgates, Wansford, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Tuesday 27 May 2025
Machinery movement - Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Tuesday 27 May 2025
Machinery movement - Skiff Lane, Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Tuesday 27 May 2025
Machinery movement - Wansford Road, Nafferton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes from 8am to 10am - Wednesday 28 May 2025
April 2025
Piling works - Wren Hall Converter Station site - N/A - Monday 7 April 2025 onwards
Utilities works - Wren Hall Lane, Drax - Road closure (managed by Northern Powergrid) - Monday 7 April - Monday 16 June 2025
Machinery movement - Station Road, Middleton, Bainton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Wednesday 16 April 2025
Machinery movement - Sancton Road, Market Weighton, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Thursday 24 April 2025
Machinery movement - Cliffe Road/Long Lane, Market Weighton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Thursday 24 April 2025
Machinery movement - Skerne and Wansford, Skerne, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Monday 28 April 2025
March 2025
Machinery movement - Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire - 15 minute delay - Monday 3 March 2025
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
Ground surveys - Hords Lane, Nafferton, Wansford, East Riding - Temporary road closure - Monday 3 – Friday 14 March 2025
Machinery movement - Beverley Road, Middleton, Lund, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Tuesday 18 March 2025
Machinery movement - Etton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Tuesday 18 March 2025
Machinery movement - Middleton, Middleton on the Wolds, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Tuesday 18 March 2025
Machinery movement - Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Bainton, East Riding - Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm - Tuesday 18 March 2025
February 2025
Ground surveys - Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding - Stop and go traffic management system - Tuesday 4 - Wednesday 5 February 2025
Ground surveys - Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding - Stop and go traffic management system - Wednesday 5 – Monday 10 February 2025
Ground surveys - Main Street, Little Kelk, Great Kelk, East Riding - Three-way stop and go traffic management system - Thursday 6 - Monday 10 February 2025
Geophysical surveys - Fraisthorpe Sands - No impact to public access - Monday 10 – Friday 14 February 2025
Ground surveys - B1249, Skerne and Wansford, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Friday 14 – Tuesday 18 February 2025
January 2025
Ground surveys - Skiff Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding - Stop and go traffic management system - Monday 13 – Wednesday 15 January 2025
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
Ground surveys - Beverley Road, Hutton Cranswick - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 January 2025
Ground surveys - Arras Hill, Market Weighton - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights and lane closures - Thursday 16 – Monday 20 January 2025
Ground surveys - Cliffe Road, Market Weighton, East Riding - Three-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Monday 20 - Thursday 23 January 2025
Ground surveys - Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025
Ground surveys - A614, Spaldington, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025
Ground surveys - A614, Spaldington, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Wednesday 22 - Friday 24 January 2025
Ground surveys - B1228, Howden, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Thursday 23 – Monday 27 January 2025
Ground surveys - Hull Road, Newsholme, East Riding - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 January 2025
Ground surveys - Redhouse Lane, Long Drax, Drax, North Yorkshire - Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights - Tuesday 28 – Thursday 30 January 2025
August 2024
Water and sewage connections - A90 - 2-hour traffic management - Monday 12 - Friday 23 August 2024
June 2024
Ducts installation - U66 / C64B - Road closure - U66: Thursday 13 - 30 June 2024; C64B: Saturday 13 - Sunday 15 June 2024
March 2024
132 kV cable undergrounding - U66 - Road closure - Sunday 17 - Wednesday 27 March 2024; Monday 18 - Friday 29 March 2024
February 2024
11 kV cable undergrounding and rerouting - A90 / U66 - Traffic management - Wednesday 21 - Wednesday 28 February 2024
November 2024
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
October 2024
Wren Hall Converter Station site access Wren Hall Lane, Drax, North Yorkshire Road closure Tuesday 22 October – Monday 11 November 2024
September 2024
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
Overview
The Peterhead Converter Station will convert electricity between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). This allows electricity to be transported efficiently over long distances.
The converter station will connect EGL2 to the wider electricity transmission network in Scotland.
Completed works
- Construction started in October 2024
- Access roads, drainage and site facilities installed
- Converter station platform completed in summer 2025
- Steel frame completed for the first converter building
- First AC hall completed
- Concrete works completed for both buildings that will house the transformers
- Cable ducts installed beneath the U66 road. These will connect the converter station to the existing Peterhead Substation.
Ongoing and upcoming works
- Construction of the second converter building and AC hall
- Continued installation of external cladding
- Construction of floors and remaining building structures
- Preparing to install the first electrical and mechanical equipment
Working hours
- Monday to Friday: 7am–7pm
- Saturday: 7am–5pm
- Sunday: 8am–5pm
Where possible, we schedule noisier activities during daytime hours.
Overview
The marine element includes a 436 km subsea cable linking Peterhead in Scotland to Bridlington in England.
The cable will be installed offshore using specialist vessels and carefully planned methods.
We are currently carrying out surveys to understand seabed conditions and plan the safest installation route.
England
Completed works:
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Surveys to understand seabed and ground conditions
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Safety checks along the offshore route
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investigations at landfall sites to confirm the best installation method
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Environmental and noise assessments.
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Further offshore and nearshore surveys
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Ground investigations to support design
Upcoming works (2026):
During late July to September, preparation works for Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) will be taking place in Yorkshire. This will include site mobilisation, the installation of fencing, and the establishment of a secure working area.
A drilling platform will also be constructed onshore to enable HDD works to take place. There will be no offshore cable installation in 2026.
Working hours
Marine activity depends on the weather and tides. Work may take place at different times.
Peterhead
Completed works:
- First horizontal directional drilling (HDD) route completed beneath the beach at Sandford Bay
- Drilling successfully reached the seabed, creating the first route for the future subsea cable
Upcoming works
- Installation of a duct within the first drilled route
- Drilling of the second route beneath the beach
- Installation of a duct within the second drilled route
- Continued support from specialist diving teams and vessels
- Environmental controls in place to reduce seabed disturbance and protect marine habitats
From Fraisthorpe Sands, the cable runs underground for around 68 km to Drax. We will use a mix of trenching and trenchless methods to reduce disruption. 2026 is a key preparation year, with significant enabling and construction works taking place along the route.
Completed works
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Route surveys
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Trail holes undertaken to check existing utilities
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Vegetation clearance carried out to create safe temporary access
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Early haul road works started in limited areas near coast.
Upcoming works
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Construction of a temporary haul road to reduce construction traffic on local roads
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Finalising the installation of safe access points (bellmouths) across the haul road
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Cable installation begins:
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Horizontal directional drilling (a trenchless method for installing underground cables) beneath roads, rivers and sensitive areas
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Open-cut trench cable laying (this involves digging a trench, laying the cable and backfilling the area) starting from March 2026, subject to approvals
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Temporary compounds will be set up, including a main compound near Market Weighton, just off Cliffe road.
Working hours
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Monday to Friday: 7am - 7pm
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Saturday: 8am -5pm
You may notice temporary traffic management or road closures. We will provide advance notice where needed.
Overview
Wren Hall is a new converter station near Drax Power Station that will connect EGL2 into the wider national grid electricity transmission network. Construction will continue throughout 2026 as the main buildings and equipment are installed.
Completed works
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Construction started in September 2024
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Site setup completed
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Foundations completed
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Low carbon measures introduced, including solar power and HVO fuel (a cleaner alternative to diesel).
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Upcoming works
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Building structures and roofing
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Internal fit-out
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Groundworks and drainage
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Site roads and access.
Working hours
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Monday to Friday: 7am - 7pm
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Saturday: 8am - 5pm
Occasional out-of-hours work may be needed. We will give advance notice where this happens.
Overview
We are upgrading existing overhead lines to support increased electricity flows. These upgrades help keep the network safe and reliable.
The upgrades are being delivered in phases to minimise disruption.
Completed works
- Refurbishment of the overhead line between Drax, North Yorkshire and Fenwick, South Yorkshire, completed between May and September 2025
- All footpaths, bridleways and other public rights of way fully reopened and reinstated.
Ongoing works
- Refurbishment of the overhead line between Drax, North Yorkshire and Eggborough, West Yorkshire
- Works began in April 2026 and are expected to continue until June 2026
- Some short-term road and/or public right of way closures may be required, with advance notice provided to our neighbours.
Working hours
Most work will take place during daytime hours.