LONDON.- UK Power Networks formally handed over the western switch house behind Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall to Tate. The handover of the western switch house marks a key point in the delivery of the Tate Modern building project. Tate will now begin demolition of this switch house, before creating the opening from the main Tate Modern building to the new building, creating the crucial new link from the City and the Millennium Bridge directly to south London. Tate marked this historic handover of the switch house from Basil Scarsella, CEO of UK Power Networks to Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate with a short ceremony on Friday 25 February. They were joined by Debbie Jackson, Director of Capital Projects and Design, London Development Agency and Councillor Peter John, Leader, Southwark Council. Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate said: “The handover of the substation is a crucial step in the Tate Modern Project and takes u