Lincolnshire County Council’s executive is commissioning an independent report into the potential impact of National Grid’s proposal to build 420 50-metre pylons to run 140km of high voltage cables through the Lincolnshire countryside.
Members plan a formal objection to the scheme that would see cables running from Grimsby to Walpole in Norfolk.
An independent analysis is also being commissioned to look at the impact the pylons could have on Lincolnshire including putting farmland out of use, the visual impact on the flat landscape, the effect on tourism and air traffic limitations.
Council leader Martin Hill said: “The council’s view is that National Grid has dismissed a valid alternative of putting the cables on the sea-bed, and instead plan to blight our landscape and affect our countryside and coastal communities for generations to come.
“We are keen to take urgent action to get all the information about the options. If necessary we will take legal action to challenge the reasoning that this infrastructure is the best solution.”
