24 HOUR Power Cut in Gillingham!

On Tuesday 27th November at around 4pm, some utility work to repair a gas leak hit an electricity cable and took the power out to several streets! Because of the ongoing gas leak, the electricity supply company couldn't undertake the work to repair the underground cable. Generators were brought in to supply different streets but even these couldn't be connected right away because of the gas leak. Southern Gas Networks worked day and night over several days to fix the leak. UK Power Networks were then able to connect generators to supply properties until the old power cable can be repaired. I managed to film some of the work being undertaken.

As of Friday 30th November, most of the streets are still being powered by generators and the work is still ongoing.

The roads affected were: Napier Road, Gillingham Road, Livingstone Road, Livingstone Circus, Barnsole Road and Franklin Road. They are located in Gillingham, Kent in England.