More than 130 homes in Bolton will be hit with planned power cuts from Thursday as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Halliwell, Bradshaw and Westhoughton will be hit with cuts whilst the works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on June 8 in Halliwell, Bolton.

Approximately 33 homes or businesses will be impacted in the BL1 2NL postcode.

On June 9, there will be planned power cuts in Bradshaw, Bolton.

The cuts are set to hit approximately 16 homes or businesses in the BL8 3PT, BL8 3PU postcodes.

Finally on June 12, there will be 85 homes or businesses without power in Westhoughton, Bolton.

The cuts will hit homes in the BL5 2BP, BL5 3LY, BL5 3NT, BL5 2DP, BL5 3NW, BL5 3NR, BL5 3NN, WN2 1QD postcodes.

Clive Wilkinson, operations director at Electricity North West, said: “A lot of the work we do happens in the background and customers aren’t always affected, we even have ‘live lines’ teams who can work on live electricity equipment without turning power off, however, sometimes we do have to turn people’s power off so that our engineers can work on the network safely.

“Planned power cuts allow us to carry out vital work such as maintaining the network, carrying out repairs and installing new connections, which ensures that homes and businesses continue to receive the best supply possible in the long term.

“With every planned power cut, we’ll always give at least 10 days’ notice, won’t turn power off before 9am and electricity will be back on before 5pm.

“Unfortunately, not all power cuts are planned and can happen for a variety of reasons with no warning because of the weather, vandalism or even birds hitting overhead lines.

“Our teams are on hand 24/7 365 days a year and should anybody ever need any more information during a power cut, whether planned or not, they can follow Electricity North West on Twitter or Facebook for updates, or call us free on 105.”

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