Construction for EGL2 has now begun, with the project expected to be operational in 2029.
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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 tables below:
Scottish onshore activities
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Works |
Location |
Measures in place |
Expected timings |
Link to more information
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Overnight traffic management |
A90 U66 |
Overnight traffic lights in various locations |
Monday 28 April - Friday 2 May 2025 (10pm to 6am) |
Project update |
English onshore activities
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Works |
Location |
Measures in place |
Expected timings |
Link to more information
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Utilities works |
Wren Hall Lane, Drax |
Road closure (managed by Northern Powergrid) |
Monday 7 April - Monday 16 June 2025 |
N/A |
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Piling works |
Wren Hall Converter Station site |
N/A |
Monday 7 April 2025 onwards |
Resident postcard |
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Ground surveys |
Lock Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 7 - Thursday 10 April 2025 |
Archived community updates
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Works |
Location |
Measures in place |
Expected timings |
Link to more information
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Geophysical surveys |
Sandford Bay and surrounds |
No traffic impact |
Monday 3 - Friday 14 February 2025 |
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Water connection works |
Adjacent to A90, Peterhead |
Southbound lane closure |
Monday 13 - Tuesday 21 January 2025 |
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Water and sewage connections |
A90 |
2-hour traffic management |
Monday 12 - Friday 23 August 2024 |
N/A |
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Ducts installation |
U66 C64B |
Road closure |
U66: Thursday 13 – 30 June 2024 C64B: Saturday 13 – Sunday 15 June 2024 |
N/A |
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132 kV cable undergrounding
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U66 |
Road closure |
Sunday 17 – Wednesday 27 March 2024 Monday 18 – Friday 29 March 2024 |
N/A |
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11 kV cable undergrounding and rerouting |
A90 U66 |
Traffic management |
Wednesday 21 - Wednesday 28 February 2024 |
N/A |
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Works |
Location |
Measures in place |
Expected timings |
Link to more information |
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Ground surveys |
Kiplingcotes Lane, Goodmanham, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Sring Road, Etton, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Fisher Street, Etton, Lund, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Kiplingcotes Racecourse, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Holme Wold Road, Dalton Holme, Lund, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Lund, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Thursday 27 March - Tuesday 1 April 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Middleton, Middleton on the Wolds, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Thursday 27 - Monday 31 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Jenkinson Lane, Hutton Cranswick, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Tuesday 25 - Thursday 27 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Burnbutts Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Bainton, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 24 - Monday 31 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Out Gates, Harpham, Lowthorpe, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Monday 24 - Wednesday 26 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Ground surveys |
Hutton Cranswick, Southburn, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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Machinery movement |
Beverley Road, Middleton, Lund, East Riding |
Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm |
Tuesday 18 March 2025 |
N/A |
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Machinery movement |
Etton, East Riding |
Temporary road closure for 15 minutes between 9am to 12pm |
Tuesday 18 March 2025 |
N/A |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ground surveys |
Carr Lane, Nafferton, Wansford, East Riding |
Road closure and diversion |
Thursday 13 – Wednesday 19 March 2025 |
Traffic management map |
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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 |
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Ground surveys |
Hords Lane, Nafferton, Wansford, East Riding |
Temporary road closure |
Monday 3 – Friday 14 March 2025 |
N/A |
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Machinery movement |
Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
15 minute delay |
Monday 3 March 2025 |
N/A |
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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 |
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Ground surveys |
B1249, Skerne and Wansford, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Friday 14 – Tuesday 18 February 2025 |
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Geophysical surveys |
Fraisthorpe Sands |
No impact to public access |
Monday 10 – Friday 14 February 2025 |
N/A |
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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 |
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Ground surveys |
Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding |
Stop and go traffic management system |
Wednesday 5 – Monday 10 February 2025 |
N/A |
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Ground surveys |
Gransmoor Lane, Great Kelk, East Riding |
Stop and go traffic management system |
Tuesday 4 - Wednesday 5 February 2025 |
N/A |
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Ground surveys |
Redhouse Lane, Long Drax, Drax, North Yorkshire, |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Tuesday 28 – Thursday 30 January 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Hull Road, Newsholme, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 January 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
B1228, Howden, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Thursday 23 – Monday 27 January 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
A614, Spaldington, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Wednesday 22 - Friday 24 January 2025
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Ground surveys |
Wood Lane, Howden, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
A614, Spaldington, East Riding |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 January 2025
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Ground surveys |
Cliffe Road, Market Weighton, East Riding |
Three-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 January 2025 |
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Ground surveys |
Skiff Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, East Riding |
Stop and go traffic management system |
Monday 13 – Wednesday 15 January 2025 |
N/A |
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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 |
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Ground surveys |
Beverley Road, Hutton Cranswick |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 January 2025
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Ground surveys |
Arras Hill, Market Weighton |
Two-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights and lane closures |
Thursday 16 – Monday 20 January 2025 |
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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 |
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Wren Hall Converter Station site access |
Wren Hall Lane, Drax |
Road closure |
Tuesday 22 October – Monday 11 November 2024 |
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Wren Hall Converter Station site access |
New Road, Drax |
Three-way traffic management system with temporary traffic lights |
Monday 9 September – Sunday 13 October 2024 |
What we are constructing in your 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.
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.
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.
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.