News Connecting the Seraing CCGT power plant to the Elia grid 

Please see the works progress report below:

As announced in July, rue des Nations-Unies will be closed to traffic in both directions from 5 to 23 August 2024, inclusive. This temporary complete road closure is to allow for rue des Nations-Unies to be returned to its original layout before reopening to two-way traffic.

The work scheduled to be carried out on Rue des Nations-Unies will require the complete and temporary closure of this road between 9 and 19 July 2024 inclusive. 

In order to further dissuade passers-by from breaching the safety barriers at Chemin des Papillons, we have installed reinforced protection.

Following numerous consultation meetings with the city of Seraing and other parties involved in the support committee that has been meeting monthly since the start of Elia's work in Seraing, an agreement has been reached to restart the worksite. 

With temperatures rising both day and night, amphibians are likely to migrate to breeding grounds over the next few days or even weeks.

The work required to connect the future CCGT power station  in Seraing to the Elia grid is continuing. This Monday our teams will begin to install junction box pit n° 7 (part of the new underground connection)  alongside the road between Neupré and Seraing.

While work continues on the Route de Seraing / Rotheux, Elia will shortly be starting work on the next section, located in Rue des Nations-Unies in Seraing.

We are aware of the duration of the construction site and its potential impact, and we would like to remind you that strict compliance with safety instructions and the Highway Code is essential to avoid endangering yourself or others.

The construction of the first two sections (between the Rimière substation and the Route de Seraing) has been completed and the reinstatement of the Route du Condroz is now underway.

The construction of the first two sections (between the Rimière substation and the Route de Seraing) has been completed successfully. The reinstatement of the Route du Condroz can now begin.

As from Monday 13 February 2023 6am, the Route de Seraing / Route de Rotheux will be closed to car traffic.

In order to comply with the obligations arising from the permit issued to Elia and the legislation in force on the conservation of nature, the felling of trees required for the Elia site will take place on 7 and 8 February 2023, outside the bird nesting season. 

At the end of January 2023, the electrical installations were successfully installed on the first section of the site (between the Rimière substation and junction 8).

This week, a directional drilling worksite began between the Chêne Madame crossroads and the start of Route de Seraing. The work is scheduled to be completed in early February.

According to the provisional schedule, our teams will work (execution of a directed drilling) between the Chêne Madame crossroads and the start of Route de Seraing, up to number 4 from 09 January 2023 until early February 2023.

Works will then continue on Route de Seraing and Route de Rotheux as from early February 2023. According to the provisional schedule, the works on this axis will end around mid-August 2023.

Mobility information: closure of a section of the Route du Condroz.

Due to an unfavourable weather forecast for this weekend, this operation is pushed back to Sunday 27/11 and Monday 28/11 (same hours). 

According to the provisional schedule, the project to install a new 220 kV underground connection to link the future Seraing power station the project to install a new 220 kV underground connection to link the future Seraing power station to Elia’s grid will start on 7 November.