Three utility companies are proposing an alternate route for a high-powered electric transmission line from south-central Wisconsin to Iowa. The preferred route now runs 120 miles along Highway 18-151 from the Cardinal electric substation in Middleton to the Hickory Creek station near Dubuque. Avoiding a path through farms and fields adds 20 miles to the route of the 345-kilovolt transmission line. Opponents say the line and its tall towers would damage important Wisconsin conservation areas. American Transmission Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and I-T-C Midwest are working jointly on the half-billion dollar project.
Path Of High-Powered Transmission Line Would Follow Highways
Feb 22, 2018 | 12:17 PM
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