Have your say on North Somerset power line

Concerned residents fighting proposals to put a new 400,000 volt power line through the countryside will be able to grill power bosses about their plans at a special meeting later this month.

Mounting public pressure about possible proposals to erect a new overhead power line, which would slice through Wraxall, Nailsea and Backwell, has forced bosses at National Grid to hold an extra consultation meeting.

The meeting will be at Scotch Horn on November 26 from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm.

Initially National Grid had not planned a meeting in Nailsea and had held consultation events in Tickenham and Backwell.

But Nailsea Town Council stepped in to ask power bosses to organise a meeting in the town following mounting concern about the proposal from residents.

Residents have launched the Save Our Valley (SOV) campaign to fight off the proposals.

SOV spokeswoman, Sue Turner, said: "We are delighted that National Grid has finally decided to listen to the people of Nailsea.

"And we hope that they do listen to what are very real concerns about this proposal."

The consultation meeting will be followed by a public meeting, organised by the SOV group, on November 27 at Scotch Horn, Nailsea from 7.30pm. A session will be held at Portbury village hall on November 18 from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm, and at Trinity School Hall, Marjoram Way, Portishead, on November 10 from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm.