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24 February 2021
Consultation has commenced on a contentious plan to construct new transmission network infrastructure through the Kosciuszko National Park, as the NSW government calls for submissions on the works.
The NSW department of planning has published the environmental impact statement for the proposed Snowy 2.0 Transmission Connection Project, being developed by TransGrid, as construction is underway on the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro energy storage project.
TransGrid plans to build overhead transmission lines to link the Snowy 2.0 project to the main grid, a plan that has raised the concerns of environmental groups about the impact the power lines will have on the Kosciuszko National Park.
20 January 2021
Fresh concerns are being raised over the environmental impacts of the Snowy 2.0 project, with green groups and energy sector experts calling on the NSW government to intervene and limit the potential damage caused by new network infrastructure in one of Australia’s most prominent national parks.
In an open letter to NSW energy minister Matt Kean and planning minister Rob Stokes, environmental groups have called on the NSW government to intervene in a planning process that is expected to see four new 300kV transmission line linkages, carried by two sets of towers built throughout the Kosciuszko National Park.
The environmental groups raise concerns that the new overhead transmission infrastructure, that would cover up to 8km of National Park lands, with substantial easements, could cause the destruction of as much as a square kilometre of the national park.