Louis Armstrong was delighting jazz fans, ‘Flappers’ were dancing the Charleston ‘til dawn and Britain experienced its first General Strike when a new gas pipe was laid in Wednesbury’s Ridding Lane. But 100 years later the iron main is showing its age and is set for a major upgrade.
31 January 2020
A major engineering task to install a new gas main deep under a busy road in Winsford is expected to complete this weekend. Engineers expect to finish the upgrade of a 2,400-metre section of an old metallic gas main that carries gas to heat thousands of local homes.
24 January 2020
One of the leading figures in the North West energy sector has been elected to the regional council of business organisation, the CBI. Jenny Moten (pictured), Director of Cadent’s North West network, begins a three-year term this month as a member of the North West CBI Regional Council.
21 January 2020
Over half-a-million pounds is being invested to connect 79 retirement homes in Burnley to the gas grid and provide residents with modern, efficient heating systems. Existing old, inefficient electric heaters are set to be a thing of the past as properties in Barnes Court become the latest to benefit from a national scheme to tackle fuel poverty.
20 January 2020
Chiltern Green Road is currently closed near the junction with Lower Harpenden Road, to enable the work to be carried out safely. A signed diversion is in place for road users. Engineers are digging two open excavations to enable them to inspect and remediate a section of gas pipeline beneath the road. Work is scheduled to continue until Monday 17 February 2020.
17 January 2020
Teams fixing a leaking gas main under the A54 Chester Road near Middlewich have come up against engineering challenges which mean they will not be off-site by rush-hour tonight (16 January) as planned.
16 January 2020
Essential gas mains replacement work scheduled to start in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire later this month Work will take place High Street and Home Close and temporary traffic lights will need to be deployed to enable work to be carried out safely
13 January 2020
Specialist teams begin work tonight (13 Jan) to repair a leak found on a gas main underneath a busy Stockport road. Gas network Cadent is moving in to dig down to the pipe under New Bridge Lane and fix it before it gets worse.
13 January 2020
Cadent has launched its first ever solar farm to harness renewable power from the sun. Hundreds of solar panels will generate enough energy to power Cadent’s North Norfolk network of above ground gas installations.
10 January 2020
North Walsham gas mains renewal project starts Monday 6 January 2020. New pipes will help keep North Walsham connected to safe and reliable gas supplies until the 22nd century.
03 January 2020
If you are a listener to the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme you may well have heard on today’s edition (https://bbc.in/2sIu5MO) (2 January) about an innovative pilot project to inject hydrogen into the gas network at Keele University.
02 January 2020
