News Avelgem-Avelin

Since October 2018, our teams have reinforced the pylons and foundations of the Avelgem-Avelin link. On March 5, several colleagues from the project team came to visit the site to attend assembly work.         

Last week, Elia secured an environmental permit from the Flemish Government for the Flemish section of the Avelgem-Avelin project. The permit is for the upgrade of the existing 380 kV high-voltage line between the high-voltage substation at Avelgem and the border between the Flemish and Walloon Regions.

An important new milestone has just been reached in the project to upgrade the high-voltage line between the substations at Avelgem and Avelin: Wallonia Public Service (WPS) has now approved planning permission.

Elia has submitted a permit application for the Avelgem-Avelin project (Flemish section). Elia plans to start work in the autumn, when it will strengthen the pylons and foundations.

On 27 March, the public consultation launched as part of the planning permit application for the project to upgrade the existing 2 x 380 kV overhead line between Avelgem and Avelin came to an end.

On 1 February 2018, the planning permit application for the project to upgrade the existing 2 x 380-kV overhead line was submitted to the Public Service Wallonia.

On 1 February 2018, the project to upgrade the 2 x 380-kV overhead line linking the Avelgem and Avelin substations entered a new phase.