Villagers in the West Walton and Walpole areas are mounting a campaign against a proposal for 87 miles of overhead electricity lines from Lincolnshire to West Norfolk. Leaflets are being distributed through villages and people are being urged by campaigners to make their views known before next week’s March 13 consultation deadline. National Grid is planning the overhead lines on pylons from Grimsby to the Walpole sub station as part of infrastructure to provide energy. Campaigners say the 50m-high pylons would be as tall as 16-storey blocks of flats in most parts and would be 330 metres apart…
