Starting on Monday 10 June, engineers will begin replacing wooden poles and equipment which carry the overhead electricity lines serving 156 properties in the area.
Most of the poles and equipment were installed in the mid 1950’s and now need to be replaced.
Electricity North West’s operations manager for the area, Martin Edmundson, said: “We’re investing to improve the power supply for a number of residents in Higher Hurdsfield.
“We pride ourselves on providing the best possible service and this work is vital to ensuring we maintain a reliable and safe supply.
“As with any of the work we carry out, we will ensure we keep disruption to a minimum and I want to take this opportunity to thank residents for their patience and support which will allow our engineers to carry out this essential work quickly and safely.”
Engineers will use generators to keep homes powered during the work, which is expected to last five days.
Similar projects have seen Electricity North West turn off power for the day however due to the scope of the project, the company is supplying generators to keep disruption to a minimum.
James Bussey, project manager for Electricity North West, added: “Previously, we would have switched the power off each morning to permit our engineers to replace the equipment safely. This would have resulted in some residents seeing multiple interruptions on consecutive days; disruption that our customers can do without.
“We have included extra funds in this project to provide generators that will remain connected for the duration of the work, minimising interruptions to residents. Residents will receive prior warning of when we intend to switch the power off allowing the generators to be connected and again when they are being removed.”
Electricity North West is inviting locals to a public meeting in the area and will be sending the details to affected properties by letter before work starts. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 4 June at Morton Hall Community Centre from 4-7pm.
To allow the work to be carried out safely, temporary traffic lights will be in place on Rainow Road, near the Well Lane Interchange on Wednesday 12 June between 9.30am-3pm.
