Making use of old electricity network poles at Bersted Brooks
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSE) convert redundant electricity network poles into a wildlife habitat in Bersted Brooks, Bognor Regis.
The poles that are no longer useful to the SSE's network upgrade on the edge of Bognor Regis now have a new use - as part of a wildlife habitat.
SSE issued a press release about the recently-completed work close to Bersted Brooks local nature reserve. Work involved the undergrounding of a significant stretch of the overhead network so that old poles could be turned into sites for bird boxes.
These boxes will provide a habitat for local swift and barn owl populations, helping these species to thrive in the area, and provide safer sites for roosting. The team at SSE worked with a group from Arun District Council to repurpose the old poles for this new role.
Councillor Freddie Tandy, Chair of the Council went to visit the converted Bersted Brooks site, along with Councillor Martin Lury, Leader of the Council and Councillor Amanda Worne, Chair of Arun District Council's Environment Committee.
Councillor Worne said: "We're proud to support projects that not only improve infrastructure, but also enhance our local environment. Repurposing these poles to support birdlife is a brilliant example of how we can work together to protect and promote biodiversity in Arun. I'm really looking forward to hopefully seeing the boxes being used by birds in the spring.”