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On 19 February 2025, National Grid Ventures selected Walberswick in Suffolk as the preferred landfall location for the LionLink subsea interconnector, refining the UK cable route engineering for the project. Walberswick was chosen over an alternative Southwold route because it enables a shorter onshore cable route (19.9 km vs 32.8 km), thereby reducing environmental impact and disruption to residents, and because it is less susceptible to coastal erosion and flooding, making it more suitable for long-term operation of LionLink.