£70m is due to be invested to upgrade gas infrastructure in the North West throughout the next year, with over 130km of pipeline to be laid beneath the Liverpool City Region alone.
Cadent Gas is due to spend the money on modernising its network of gas pipes as part of a package that will see £800m invested into the North West 's gas network over the next five years. The money will also help to futureproof the region's gas network, by replacing the older metal pipes with plastic ones which can facilitate hydrogen, seen as a sustainable alternative to gas.
The work will also require 600 engineers working throughout the year. They aim to have the work completed by March 2023 but related work to modernise the network throughout the region will continue until 2032.
