Date: 18/05/21 T: 0800 197 0118 E: [email protected] Selsdon and Addington Village ward

Dear Councillor,

Beddington to Rowdown Cable Decommisioning Project

We are getting in touch to let you know about essential engineering works coming up in your ward. As part of National Grid’s investment programme to support London’s growth, we need to decommission electricity cables that run underneath local roads between substations in and . The cables have reached the end of their useful life and are no longer needed. A project to replace the cables has been underway since November 2019.

Our specialist contractor, JSM, will carry out work in your ward from late-May, at the locations detailed below, and we expect to complete the works in autumn. We have carefully planned the decommissioning project to minimise disruption to the local community, and we are working closely with local authorities to coordinate our activities.

- Junction between Croham Valley - Farnborough Avenue: To be Road and The Ruffetts: Detailed confirmed below - Broadcoombe: To be confirmed - Island junction between Farnborough - Footpath between Broadcoombe and Avenue and Farnborough Crescent: Farnborough Avenue: To be Detailed below confirmed - Croham Valley Road: To be - Huntingfield: To be confirmed confirmed - Falconwood Road: To be confirmed - Selsdon Park Road: To be confirmed

The first phase of this work is purging the cables with air to remove the oil. Works will take place next to the junction between Croham Valley Road and The Ruffetts from 27 May to 7 June 2021. Further works will commence in the island junction between Farnborough Avenue and Farnborough Crescent from 31 May to 10 June 2021. Our working hours will be Monday to Friday 8.00am to 6.00pm and on Saturday 8.00am to 1.00pm. The timing and duration of the work may be subject to change due to site and weather conditions. We will write to you again before the works at the other site locations begin, when we have confirmed dates.

We will send a separate letter via Royal Mail to local residents, giving them one to three weeks’ notice before the works are planned to begin. We are also providing a dedicated community relations project email address and phone number to residents if they have any queries or concerns as the works progress.

We want to offer you an online briefing on the decommissioning project in the coming weeks to provide more detail on timings and locations. Please contact us to let us know if you want a briefing, and we will organise it for you. We are keen to engage with you throughout the project and would appreciate the opportunity to hear your feedback and answer your questions.

For your information, the community relations phone number is 0800 197 0118 and the email is [email protected]. Should you have any questions about the information above, please do get in touch.

Yours faithfully

Lara Chilcott

Project Engineer National Grid National Grid plc. National Grid House, Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick. CV34 6DA Registered in and Wales No. 4031152