Progress Place informal settlement in Welbedatch will soon have electricity according to the eThekwini Municipality.

The Human Settlements and Infrastructure Committee recommended the installation of 1000 metres of medium voltage and 5800 metres of low voltage overhead conductors in the informal settlement.

This project is expected to be complete by November this year.

The Municipality’s initiative to electrify informal dwellings will assist to curb electricity losses that cost the City about R40 million a year and reduce the number of deaths caused by electrocutions as a result of illegal electricity connections.

Meanwhile, 77 new electricity applications in 437 Street, D section in the Mpumalanga Township are to be connected after the construction of a medium and low voltage reticulation system.

To cater for the Cornubia mixed-used development’s additional electricity demand, eThekwini Municipality will upgrade the existing 132kv Cornubia switching station.

Electricity to the houses in Cornubia is being supplied from the Ottawa substation and because of development taking place in the north; the existing infrastructure needs to be upgraded to cater for future demand.

Plans to upgrade the electricity infrastructure have been approved by the Human Settlements and Infrastructure Committee.