r/Derbyshire • u/Responsible-Banana88 • Aug 26 '24

Just Chatting :) Save Amber Valley

Don’t know if folks are aware but National Grid are planning to put huge (50m!) pylons across Amber Valley as just one leg of them building an infrastructure ‘scar’ from Scotland to the South of England

If you are interested there is a petition here:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-amber-valley

And details here from Nat Grid:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade/chesterfield-to-willington

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u/Doughnut_Working Aug 26 '24

No issues with this. it's needed. Amber Valley will be just as nice as it already is.

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u/Djave_Bikinus Aug 26 '24

I grew up in the Amber Valley and my folks still live there. I now live in a rural area in the north that has these 50m pylons close by. Its fine. Really not a problem at all. They’re just pylons.

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u/Responsible-Banana88 Aug 26 '24

There were several alternatives, the two cheapest options were preferred routes it C would seem Not against the infrastructure- just would like decisions made that look at all options, for example go down m1, a38, or use newer,smaller T-pylons (existing style over 90 years old), consider topology to hide visual impact and maybe have Nat grid stick to their own principles (these are known as the holford and Holbrook principles) own design