Council spends £40m on new ‘supergrid’ to support housebuilding

By Hamish Champ2019-08-21T05:00:00

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Central Bedfordshire says power scheme will unlock potential for new homes and allow for increasing demand

Central Bedfordshire council is to spend £40m of cash it received from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) on a new “supergrid” which it claims is a UK first and will boost the supply of power across the region.

The council was one of five recipients of an HIF grant totalling £600m, announced yesterday by the chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid, designed to boost infrastructure projects and unlock the potential to build thousands of new homes.

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