Acting regional manager South Eastern, Tony Ryan, said that asset inspections identified ageing

network infrastructure in the town and a project was instigated to ensure its timely replacement.

“Crews from Bombala and Cooma depots will replace the transformer located in Therry Street that supplies power to most of the Bombala CBD along with associated high and low voltage underground cabling,” Tony said.

“A temporary alternate source of power is installed in a car parking space near the Post Office to supply power to the CBD for the week, while the work is completed.”

The alternate power source was put in place on Monday and will be removed Friday, May 1, with the  upgrade work being completed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Residents and businesses may notice an increase in work vehicles and noise levels in the area during the project.

Temporary changes to parking and pedestrian traffic arrangements on Maybe Street apply to ensure public and crew safety.

Planned power supply interruptions are necessary to allow Essential Energy to isolate the transformer and cabling to be replaced and allow crews safe access to complete the work.

A planned power supply interruption took place on Tuesday morning  for around half an hour while customers were switched to the alternate power source, and another will occur this Friday, May 1, between 7.45am and 8.15am, while customers are switched back to normal mains supply.

The supply interruption will affect customers in parts of Maybe, Caveat, Forbes, Therry, and Badgery Streets.

All customers to be affected by planned power supply interruptions were provided with advanced notification by Essential Energy.

“Essential Energy thanks the local community for its patience while we work to improve electricity supply to Bombala,” Tony said.