Thursday, December 01, 2005
Electrical Repairs Will Take 4-6 Months
The director general of Unelco, José María Plans, said yesterday that the electricity network in Tenerife will not be completely repaired and restored to the condition it was in before Tropical Storm Delta passed, for four to six months.
Parts of the network have been totally destroyed and four of the five main lines have been affected. At the moment, they are not working on the pylons that have been brought down by the winds, but, as a provisional measure, will install an underground line alongside the main north-south highway to restore power as rapidly as possible to the 77,000 subscribers in Tenerife still without electricity.
A shipment of telephone equipment was flown in on a Hercules military transport plane, plus two further charter planes have brought 136 people and 120 tons of equipment are expected from the mainland to facilitate the repairs.
Speaking on whether the electricity company had a "Plan B" to deal with these eventualities, Plans underlined that "it is not normal to have winds of 240 kilometers per hour, measured in the Avenue of Anaga". He also said that in his 32 years experience, he has never seen pylons double over before. Nor have we!
La reparación definitiva de la red eléctrica en Tenerife tardará entre 4 y 6 meses, porque está "completamente destrozada"
Labels: Tropical Storm Delta
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