BURWELL UPGRADE IN PROGRESS ;)6 Jun 2021 19:50
There could be significant travel disruption in Cambridgeshire today (Sunday, June 6) as a heavy load travels very slowly along some of the county's roads.
The massive electricity transformer is being brought to Cambridgeshire by road from Ipswich Docks, and is travelling along the A14 and the A142 amongst others in its journey to a National grid substation in Burwell.
The transformer left Ipswich Docks, Suffolk at 8am this morning, and had reached Needham Market, about on the A14 at around 12 miles away from its starting point at 11.30am.
The journey is expected to last a total of 10 hours with the transformer expected to arrive at Burwell at 6pm.
The transformer, which is more than eight metres long, four metres tall and five metres wide, will be delivered on a specialist vehicle with a police escort.