Civil engineering outfit Jones Bros has completed the onshore works for the £36m UK tidal energy project Morlais in north Wales three months ahead of schedule.
Jones Bros secured the main contract, worth £24.6m, to build the onshore infrastructure for Anglesey marine energy project, which has the potential generating capacity of 240MW.
Activity includes constructing the landfall substation on Holy Island as well as the cabling works which will connect the scheme to the National Grid.
The project, led by fellow North Wales-based organisation Menter Môn, has rapidly progressed with the carriageway works near Parc Cybi and South Stack Road now completed, and all traffic lights removed in time for the holidays.
Jones Bros senior contracts manager Brendan Fieldhouse, who is overseeing the scheme, said: “It’s testament to how efficiently the group worked that we’ve been able to finish the work more than 12 weeks early.
“We have a highly skilled team working on the project and the effort and endeavour of each member has not gone unnoticed.
“Completing this section of the scheme ahead of time means all our focus can be on finishing the landfall substation.”
There are around 20 Jones Bros staff working on the construction of the remaining infrastructure, which is pencilled in to be concluded by November 2023.