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Landowners: Energy lines' final route a 'dirty trick'
Several landowners south of Junction have said they've been forgotten and abused in the transmission line routing that the Public Utility Commission approved on Jan. 20.
The path of the transmission lines, being built by the Lower Colorado River Authority to carry wind-generated electricity from West Texas to the I-35 corridor, puts them through part of the townsite and through the land of Dean Martin, among others.
January 29, 2011
by Matthew Waller
in San Angelo Standard Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Several landowners south of Junction have said they've been forgotten and abused in the transmission line routing that the Public Utility Commission approved on Jan. 20.
The path of the transmission lines, being built by the Lower Colorado River Authority to carry wind-generated electricity from West Texas to the I-35 corridor, jogs around to avoid an airport near Junction, putting them through part of the townsite and through the land of Dean Martin, among others.
Junction is about 100 miles south of San Angelo.
"The PUC, LCRA and Clear View Alliance pulled a dirty trick on everybody," Martin... [continue via Web link]
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