![]() We appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience while we complete this 14-week project.” “Our absolute priority with jobs like these is to get the work completed safely, while working with local businesses, residents and services – such as the local hospital in this case – to maintain access. “This is essential work, ensuring we can meet the year-round demand for gas to heat homes and other buildings, as well as for hot water and cooking. So, to enable the new tram route, we’re moving around 550 metres of pipe. “When major developments happen near our pipes, we need to make sure they’ll remain safe and accessible. Mark Briggs, Head of Investment – West Midlands, Cadent, said: “We operate and maintain essential gas infrastructure, relied on by millions of people in Dudley and the West Midlands to keep them warm in their homes. Local businesses and services, including Rowley Regis Hospital, are being kept up to date, with access maintained. Please budget extra time for your journeys to get through these lights. This is mostly in the Gawne Lane and Powke Lane area. The engineers are working in the road, so temporary traffic lights will be in place. Gas will stay ON throughout, meaning there should be no interruption to supply in the area. Safety is the absolute priority for Cadent, but its teams have also been mindful of the importance of keeping gas flowing throughout this 14-week project. The 180mm-diameter main is close to (and in some sections, directly under) the route of the 11km tram line extension, to Tipton, Dudley and Brierley Hill. Unseen underground, this is the means by which gas is distributed to help heat thousands of local homes, schools, offices, and other buildings. Teams working for gas network Cadent are diverting a large section of pipe – the equivalent length of about five full-sized football pitches – in the Netherton area. However, over recent years storms have left some people without power for several days, meaning they would also be unable to power portable electric heaters which are not covered by the regulations.Major engineering work began this month (3 Jan) to move more than 550 metres of underground gas pipe in Dudley, to enable the extension to West Midland Metro. The Scottish Government has claimed that in most cases, power cuts last for only a few hours. “Yet again, the SNP-Green Government are showing their contempt for rural Scotland, ploughing ahead with rash ideas without considering the significant impact on individuals and their lives.” This ban would leave them without any way to heat their homes. “Many people living in rural, off-grid areas rely on wood-burning stoves to heat their houses, especially in emergencies. ‘Rash idea’ĭouglas Lumsden, an energy spokesman for the Scottish Tories, said: “It is vital that Scotland achieves net zero and cut emissions – but banning heating systems that people rely on is not the right way to go about it. However, the SNP-Green government is consulting on further proposals which could mean stoves are banned in all properties where they are the main heat source by 2045. The rules do not mean homeowners will have to rip out existing stoves. ![]() ‘Really silly’Īndy Wightman, the former Scottish Greens MSP, described a blanket ban as “really silly” outside of urban areas, as “wood fuel can be a local, sustainable and net zero fuel that supports local jobs”. He said his company had previously been assured that stoves would be permitted as a secondary heat source, but that there had “now been a U-turn and wood-burning stoves are history”. The move has been criticised as those living in rural parts of the country often rely on the devices to heat their properties during power cuts, which have become more common over recent years.Īlasdair MacMillan, who runs an Argyll-based architecture and planning company, described the changes as “seismic”. Under regulations introduced this month aimed at meeting climate targets, housebuilders have been told “polluting heating systems” cannot be installed, which includes log burners. An SNP ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes has been condemned as an attack on rural Scotland.
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