The project plans in photos

What the undergrounding project is all about – improving the landscape

4th August 2021 - North Wessex Downs VIP news

We’re improving the landscape in Devizes by going underground.

The North Wessex Downs VIP project is looking to replace a 4km section of overhead electricity transmission line to the North of Devizes with an underground connection. Up to 13 pylons would be permanently removed from the landscape.

Scroll through the photo gallery below to see what the landscape looks like now (2021), and what it will look like in three or four years.

  • Pylons removed in countryside

    We will look to sensitively remove it and create opportunities to enhance the SSSI

  • Pylons near village of Rowde

    Looking West towards the village of Rowde, the pylon on the left has its feet in the Roundway Down and Covert SSSI

  • White Horse trail no pylons

    Eventually, this stretch of White Horse trail will look very different

  • Roundway Hill pylon

    Existing pylon on Roundway Hill

  • The project aims to remove the pylons north of Devize

  • Area of North Devizes

    Area of North Devizes (2021)

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