A number of areas in Bolton will be hit with planned power cuts from Tuesday onwards as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Crompton, Hulton and Halliwell will be hit with cuts while works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on Tuesday February 21, in Halliwell, Bolton, and will impact nine homes and businesses.

The BL1 7PZ, BL1 7PW, BL6 4LJ, BL1 5DS postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Daubhill and Over Hulton areas on February 22.

Approximately 552 homes will be impacted in the BL3 3SS, BL3 3RA, BL3 3RL, BL3 3RE, BL3 3RG, BL3 3SR, BL3 3GJ, BL3 3RQ, BL3 4LD, BL3 4LP, BL3 4LR, BL3 3SU, BL3 4LJ, BL3 3SQ, BL3 3TN, BL3 3TW, BL3 3SG, BL3 3SE, BL3 3TY, BL3 3TZ, BL3 3QE, BL3 3RF, BL3 4LA, BL3 3SN, BL3 3RS, BL3 3SJ, BL3 4LH, BL3 3SE, BL3 3TP, BL3 3SD, BL3 3SH, BL3 3SB, BL3 3TJ postcodes.

On February 23, 183 homes and businesses will be impacted by power cuts in Crompton, Bolton.

These cuts will impact residents in the BL1 7NP, BL1 6JZ, BL1 6LE, BL1 6LD, BL1 6LB, BL1 6LA, BL1 6LG, BL1 6LL, BL1 6LJ, BL1 6LQ, BL1 6LF, BL1 7NR, BL1 7NX, BL1 7PL, BL1 7NU, BL1 7NH postcodes.

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Clive Wilkinson, operations director at Electricity North West, said: “A lot of the work we do happens in the background and customers aren’t always affected, we even have ‘live lines’ teams who can work on live electricity equipment without turning power off, however, sometimes we do have to turn people’s power off so that our engineers can work on the network safely.

“Planned power cuts allow us to carry out vital work such as maintaining the network, carrying out repairs and installing new connections, which ensures that homes and businesses continue to receive the best supply possible in the long term.

“With every planned power cut, we’ll always give at least 10 days’ notice, won’t turn power off before 9am and electricity will be back on before 5pm.

“Unfortunately, not all power cuts are planned and can happen for a variety of reasons with no warning because of the weather, vandalism or even birds hitting overhead lines.

“Our teams are on hand 24/7 365 days a year and should anybody ever need any more information during a power cut, whether planned or not, they can follow Electricity North West on Twitter or Facebook for updates, or call us free on 105.”