LBP are pleased to confirm that UK Power Networks has now invested heavily into the upgrade of the Winston Road Substation, which provides electricity for many businesses in Marlborough Road.

The installation of the new electrical pillars is now complete, along with decommissioning the old cabinet, removal of the generator and the groundwork repairs in the Winston Road pavement have also commenced.

      

LBP worked with UK Power Networks and businesses to schedule and give notice of the switchover from generator power to the new mains feed. To minimise business disruption, the planned power cut took place from 5:30pm to 7pm on Tuesday night.

LBP would like to thank Scout Store and South Link who kindly arranged for access to be available to UK Power Networks during the switchover works, so that tests could be undertaken to ensure the feed was fully off before works commenced and fully functioning after the works were completed.

Yesterday, UK Power Networks installed monitoring equipment in the cabinet to ensure the new pillars continue to run without any issues.

      

It is expected that the pavement will be fully repaired and reopened by Monday, bringing a close to these costly but essential works.

LBP expects these works to have fully resolved the intermittent power issues previously experienced in Marlborough Road with but one caveat… the underground cabling in parts of Marlborough Road is slightly dated, so could still experience weather related issues, although we have our fingers crossed this will not be an issue for some time to come.

LBP would like to thank UK Power Networks for their investment over the past two years in resolving the High and Low Voltage issues in Commerce Way, along with upgrading the following 8 substations which feed the park:

If your business experiences any power issues, please let LBP know and we will work with UK Power Networks to help address your issues. Please email by clicking here