Campaign

National Grid have extended the consultation period and provided more information with a view to discussing the project in more detail. They are therefore inviting further questions and feedback.

Take a look at the resources page for the latest links to the National Grid’s website and Route Corridor Study.

What do we want to happen?

• Send a letter to National Grid.
  Here's a sample letter from our original campaign: Word document or PDF document
  
  zoom inView towards Wraxall - SPOILT
• If you have already sent a letter and not received a reply, take your letter along to one of their ‘drop-in’ sessions and ask for a proper answer .
• Save Our Valley want thousands of people from our area to continue telling National Grid that they cannot surround our community with power lines.
• National Grid believes they have responded to questions regarding alternative solutions. Cost is their main argument for not considering these options but we must argue that this should not be the final determinant.
• Adding more pylons to the South & East of Nailsea must NOT be an option. Corridor 2 must be rejected outright.
• Nailsea’s western edge has two sets of pylons – built in 1933 and 1958. If (and ONLY IF) it can be proved that the undersea and underground routes are not viable and Corridor 1 has to be used, then National Grid, in conjunction with Western Power, must realign existing pylons so that all power lines are moved well away from existing housing.

What can you do?

Your views really matter so:

• Act quickly
  You must tell National Grid that you are opposed to their plans well before 23^rd July.
  Please do it today.
  Look at their proposals and register your opposition by completing the online consultation form via their website at
  http://www.hinkleyconnection.co.uk/have-your-say.aspx
  
  or attend one of their ‘drop-in’ events and make your views known.
• Join the Save Our Valley campaign by emailing SaveOurValleyBS48@yahoo.co.uk or online here.
• Write to North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox at:
  
  71 High Street,
  Nailsea,
  North Somerset
  BS48 1AW
  or send an email to his PA douglasi@parliament.uk protesting against the development of any new power lines in and around Nailsea, and add your weight against the these proposals.
• Write to your Town/Parish Council so they all know what your views are.
  
  Click here to find your Parish Councillor for Backwell
  Click here to find your Town Councillor for Nailsea
  Click here to find your Parish Councillor for Wraxall or write to him/her through the Clerk:
  Mrs F Shattock, Clerk
  Overmyst
  Tower House Lane
  Wraxall
  BS48 1JX
• Write to your North Somerset Councillor so they all know what your views are.
  Click here to find your North Somerset Councillor
  
• Come to Save Our Valley meetings – keep checking our News & Events page for up to date details.
• Make a noise by browsing to the 2 local websites and make your opinions heard:
  Journalist and Wraxall resident Heather Pickstock runs the website www.portisheadpeople.co.uk
  Carol Deacon’s site www.nailseapeople.co.uk

Remember you have only a few weeks left to have your say and Save Our Valley