Guernsey Electricity to repair link between Guernsey and Jersey

Repair ship ‘Ndurance’ will be in island waters in January and February.

Guernsey Electricity is to carry out preventative repair work on the undersea cable link between Guernsey and Jersey at a cost of around £5m.

The cable-laying vessel Ndurance will arrive in island waters in late January.

Guernsey Electricity said testing showed damage to the cable with repairs expected to take up to four weeks.

The area of repair is half a kilometre from Les Terres Point, close to Havelet Bay.

In November an inspection of the cable was carried out by the vessel Wave Sentinel.

Chief executive Alan Bates said: "Costs are expected to be around £5million and the costs will be shared between both Guernsey Electricity and our Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG) partners Jersey Electricity."

Mr Bates said islanders' tariffs would not be increased to pay for the repairs.