Planned electricity outage to affect parts of north Durban
Areas affected by the outage include Park Hill, Kenville and Greenwood Park.
THE eThekwini Municipality has advised residents of north Durban to be aware of a planned outage which will interrupt the electricity supply on Friday, January 26 from 08:00 to approximately 17:00.
In a statement, the City said electricity supply interruption is to allow repairs at the Park Hill substation.
“To execute the work safely, it’s necessary to interrupt electricity supply at the Park Hill substation. This is the first phase of the part replacements. The second phase will be communicated in due course.
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“This supply interruption is to allow eThekwini Electricity to replace previously damaged 11 kilovolts (kv) switchgear panels at Park Hill substation to improve the security of supply to the Northern electrical network,” the City said in a statement.
According to the City, the areas affected are Athlone East, Glen Anil, Greenwood Park, Kenville, Melk Houte, Parkhill, Parkhill Industrial, Prospect Hall, Red Hill and Riverhorse Valley.
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