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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton and Jessica Elgot

Labour to press on with pylons as study shows underground cables more costly

Electricity pylons and wind turbines
Pylons can be unpopular as many people are concerned that they spoil countryside views. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters

Labour has vowed to press ahead with its plans to build more pylons across England and Wales, a subject of local political division, as a report says underground electricity cables are more than four times more expensive than overhead lines.

Pylons have become one of the key electoral issues in a number of counties including Lincolnshire, which is a local election battleground this week. Reform and the Conservatives have called for electricity cables to be buried underground rather than carried overhead by pylons.

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