An electricity pylon is set to be replaced over three months after it was struck by a car.
The tower, between the M1 and Little Bushey Lane, was damaged in a crash last year and is in need of replacement.
UK Power Networks will start work on Monday (August 14) and the site is not set to be cleared until mid-November.
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It isn’t set to impact customers’ electricity supply but during the first stage of the work, between August 15 and 17, temporary traffic lights will be operating in Little Bushey Lane from 9.30am to 3.30pm while a temporary entrance is built to allow access to the site.
A new tower will be constructed slightly to the south of the existing tower (tower 63) before that tower is dismantled and the site is cleared.
UK Power Networks added that it had “worked in close consultation with our partners at National Highways and other local stakeholders to keep any impact to a minimum”.
The electricity distribution network operator applied for planning permission to carry out the work in February and received it in March.
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