Planned electricity outage to affect Glen Anil, Greenwood Park and other areas
The outage is to allow the City to replace damaged switchgear panels.
THE eThekwini Municipality has advised residents in various parts of north Durban to be aware of a planned outage that will interrupt the electricity supply on Thursday, February 15 from 08:00 to approximately 16:00.
In a statement, the City said electricity supply interruption is to allow for Phase 2 for repairs at the Park Hill substation.
Last month, the City completed Phase 1 of the project.
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“eThekwini Electricity needs to continue with Phase 2 to replace the damaged 11 kilovolts (kv) switchgear panels at Park Hill substation to improve the security of supply to the northern electrical network. To execute this work safely, it is necessary to interrupt electricity supply,” the City said in a statement.
According to the City, the areas affected are Athlone East, Glen Anil, Greenwood Park, Kenville, Melk Houte, Park Hill, Park Hill Industrial, Prospect Hall, Red Hill and Riverhorse Valley.
The City added that residents who were previously affected by the outage on January 26 will most likely be affected again.
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