UK Power Networks has completed a £483,000 refurbishment of the Finsbury Market substation in central London, near Liverpool Street, with work covering two existing transformers.
The electricity company said the upgrade is intended to improve reliability and strengthen power supplies for businesses and residents in the busy area. The work also included repainting the equipment as part of giving the existing infrastructure a new lease of life.
Alongside the equipment work, the substation compound’s red-brick perimeter wall became the setting for a new street-art project. UK Power Networks worked with Global Street Art, a producer of hand-painted advertising and public-art murals, and artist Nelio Riga created the piece.
Artwork alongside infrastructure work
Chanelle Mistry, UK Power Networks project manager, said the investment was giving vital infrastructure a new lease of life. She said refurbishing and maintaining the two transformers would help strengthen the local electricity network and improve reliability for the businesses and residents that depend on it, adding that the artwork would help brighten the local area.
Dr Lee Bofkin, co-founder of Global Street Art, said working with UK Power Networks and Broadgate Quarter on the prominent site supported the organisation’s broader mission of bringing more mural art into cities. He thanked UK Power Networks and others involved for their dedication to the project.