Liam Fox welcomes IPC’s advice on Somerset electricity transmission
Commenting on the Infrastructure Planning Commission’s advice to the National Grid on electricity transmission in North Somerset, MP for Woodspring Dr Liam Fox said:
“We welcome and support the IPC’s advice to National Grid that ‘substantially more work needs to be done to increase the level of understanding in the respective local communities about the environmental, cost and technical implications of undergrounding the line and/or the undersea route.’
“I have repeatedly called for a wider consultation on this issue and hope that National Grid will listen to the voices of concern from across North Somerset.
“Big utility companies need to understand that they cannot ride rough shot over the genuine fears of local communities. I will continue to raise this with National Grid, the IPC, and in Parliament to ensure that the people of North Somerset have their voices heard.”