A section of a busy A-Road will be closed over the weekend as an abnormal load is transported. The A27 will be closed on October 27 between Patcham and Devil’s Dyke. Sussex Police officers will be assisting the National Grid, National Highways, Brighton and Hove Highways, and National Highways with the transport of two Super Grid Transformers.
National Energy System Operator describes the function of Super Grid Transformers as being used at connection points on the electricity transmission system to increase voltage. A full closure of the eastbound and westbound carriageways on the A27 will be in force while the junctions at Ditchling Road, Carden Avenue, and Coldean Lane, will also be closed. There will be disruption while the operation is carried out from Shoreham Port to a site near Uckfield, between 7am and 3.
30pm. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "Diversions will be in place, and motorists are asked not to follow satellite navigation systems but instead to follow the diversion signs in place.".
