James Cartlidge with local councillors on the route of the proposed power lines.
- Credit: Office of James Cartlidge
Environment Minister Lord Gardiner has joined calls for National Grid to put more of its cables underground as it creates a new power route across south Suffolk.
The minister wrote to Robert Erith, President of the Dedham Vale Society, saying that the National Grid should not restrict its underground cables on the Bramford to Twinstead route to the official Stour Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
He said: "I share your passionate concerns of the significant impact that this option will have for the landscape value of the Stour Valley.