The National Grid has said it was trying to protect the Menai Strait’s beauty by keeping connections to Anglesey’s planned Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station away from the coast. Last year, it said it would use underground cables instead of pylons between Anglesey and the mainland. It has since confirmed three miles (5km) of underground cables with no pylons between Gaerwen and Bangor.
BBC 15th June 2016 read more »