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The National Grid has announced a contractor for a £1 billion project to build a 20-mile tunnel underneath south London.
A new network of underground tunnels are to be built beneath south London between Wimbledon and Crayford after a six-year, £400 million contract was awarded this month, which follows planning applications submitted to a number of London boroughs.
Work on the eight-year, £1 billion tunnel project will start in March 2020, with the massive tunnel housing electricity transmission cables 30m underground.
The new cable tunnels, 32.5km in length, are part of the National Grids London Power Tunnels 2 project to rewire the capital and improve electricity capacity as demand rises in London. |
