More than 100 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts from Wednesday as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.

On Wednesday, March 20, 75 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Bradshaw.

The cuts will impact the BL2 4DS, BL2 4DP, BL2 4DR, BL2 4LJ, BL2 4DN, BL2 4DW, BL2 4JR, BL7 0HW postcodes.

On March 21 a further 60 homes or businesses in Bradshaw will also be hit with planned power cuts.

These will impact the BL7 0BX, BL7 0HX, BL7 0HU, BL8 3QW, BL2 4JH, BL8 3QL, BL8 3QN, BL8 3QP, BL8 3QR, BL2 4LL postcodes.

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A spokesperson for 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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