News Brugge Blauwe Toren-Waggelwater

Work to lay cables under the Blankenbergse Steenweg will start on 6 October 2025. To ensure this work is carried out safely and efficiently, the Steenweg will temporarily become a one-way street for traffic from Bruges to Blankenberge. A diversion will be in place.

On 4 August, we will start laying a new underground 150 kV cable between the Brugge Blauwe Toren and Waggelwater high-voltage substations. This cable will replace the existing 150 kV line, which will be upgraded at a later date. The works will be carried out in phases and will take a year to complete.

In the future, we will dismantle the existing overhead line between Brugge Blauwe Toren and Waggelwater, ready to build a stronger, new high-voltage line (380 kV) in the same location. However, a local 150-kV connection between Blauwe Toren and Waggelwater will continue to be crucial to guarantee the security of local energy supply. This is why we are planning to lay a 150-kV underground cable between Blauwe Toren and Waggelwater.