Hinkley Point C Connection Project Severn Road Avonmouth Bristol
National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016 (as amended) (the DCO) - Formal submission to discharge Requirement 6(1)(h) of the DCO (Archaeological Method Statement for trial trenching (MAJOR REQUIREMENT)) of Stage 10.1 of the authorised development. - Construction of a 57km 400kV electricity transmission connection between Bridgwater in Somerset and Seabank, near Avonmouth, comprising: Installation of a 400kV overhead line (OHL). Installation of 400kV underground cables. - Modifications to existing OHLs at Hinkley Point, Somerset. - Construction of three 400kV Cable Sealing End (CSE) compounds along the route of the connection. - Construction of a 400/132kV substation at Sandford, North Somerset. - Extension of the existing 400kV substation at Seabank. - The removal of existing 132kV OHLs and the construction of replacement 132kV OHLs and 132kV underground cables. - Extensions/modifications to existing 132kV substations at Churchill, Portishead, Avonmouth and Seabank. - Associated works, for example, temporary access roads, highway works temporary construction compounds, scaffolds, work sites and ancillary works.