Major engineering work to install a new gas pipeline on the A6 near Bolton is on track to be complete by the autumn. Cadent, which manages the local gas network, began installing the 3,000 metres of new pipe on the Blackrod Bypass in one of the biggest projects in the North West this year in February.
Huge sections of pipeline are being laid under the road surface between Chorley Road and Station Road. It will supply gas to a new property development nearby and meet demand from a new power generation site which will use gas to create electricity for the area.
It is also future-proofing the gas network ready for the arrival soon of hydrogen soon, a critical stage in the path to net zero. The update comes soon after Cadent revealed it is investing £80million this year to upgrade 418km of its older gas pipes in the North West, including more than seven miles within Bolton council’s boundary.
