Britain could be facing an epidemic of pylons in the coming years as a new report has suggested that the UK will need to double the amount of electricity-carrying steel towers to the tune of close to a trillion pounds. The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has estimated that both public and private sector infrastructure investment will need to increase by up to 50 per cent over the next decade – including the need to double the number of pylons – to meet the Government’s electrification target. According to the report,the costs associated with transforming the UK’s infrastructure will b…
