Warden - Vrede 88kV Powerline

The construction of a + 60km 88kV power line from Warden Rural substation to Vrede Municipal
substation. The trigger for this project is that it takes long for the Standerton line (which supplies
Vrede Munic.) to be fixed, repaired, or attended to and leaves customers at Vrede and surrounding
consumers without electricity for extended times with its negative consequences in the event of
breakdowns.

The proposed line will therefore, only be used in emergency situations, i.e. if Vrede loses supply from
the Standerton line then the new line will kick in while the main source is been attended to and
therefore, will not be connected to the grid permanently. The project will be constructed with
monopole power structures.

The total servitude width of an 88kV line without any other line around it will be 22m (i.e. 11m on each
side from the centre line) and the average span length between poles will be 250m at the most. When
an 88kV runs parallel to an existing 22kV power line the distance between the 2 power lines must be
15m calculated from the centre line of each power line.