The Castel road leading inland from the coast road, just south of the Rockmount, will be closed throughout the start of the summer and is not due to reopen until Friday 17 July.
Guernsey Electricity said the closure, focused at the coastal end of the road, which is due to last for 117 days, was for work which forms part of a rolling annual programme to enhance, replace and upgrade the network across the island to meet current and future needs.
‘Our teams will be delivering a highly complex project which involves upgrading high and low voltage cables, replacing underground infrastructure that is nearly 70 years old which urgently needs renewal,’ a spokesman said.
‘We will be replacing a roadside distribution pillar that been regularly flooded by the sea for over 40 years and we will be working on service upgrades and new connections to properties in the local area to support the demand our customers are asking us to supply.’
The utility admitted that there was never an easy time to close a road. Its team will be working longer hours and at weekends where practicable.
‘The work is being undertaken in spring and early summer as higher electricity demand over the colder winter months means it would be exceedingly difficult to carry out these works without negatively impacting customer supplies in the area if it was undertaken during those months,’ the spokesman said.
‘We can deliver the work more quickly and with a higher degree of safety for our staff due to the more favourable weather conditions at this time of year.’
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