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TransGrid proposes new routes for lines connecting Snowy Hydro to electricity network
TransGrid has announced new options for the proposed Hume Link transmission line, after the original proposal was rejected by local landholders, council and the Rural Fire Service.
Key points:
- The new high voltage transmission lines will connect Snowy Hydro to the grid
- The initial plans had the lines going through private farmland and near an airport
- New options include going through a state forest, after a bushfire cleared the area
The new 500-kilovolt transmission line will in part connect the expanded Snowy Hydro scheme to the electricity grid.
The initial route for the new 600-kilometre network connecting Wagga Wagga, Maragle and Bannaby cut through large areas of private farmland.
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