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City of Ballarat to advocate for underground power lines
The City of Ballarat resolved at its ordinary meeting on Wednesday night (26/5) to advocate for the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project to consider underground power lines.
While Councillors said they supported renewable energy and its need for transmission into the electricity network, Council will advocate for the WVTN Project to consider underground power lines where possible.
Council will also advocate for the transmission line route to use existing road, rail, and electricity easements.
The WVTN project proposes a new transmission line starting at Bulgana, near Stawell, and passing through the City of Ballarat, covering about 190 kilometres to the north-western Melbourne suburb of Sydenham.
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The final route of a massive electricity network upgrade that promises to unlock huge amounts of new large-scale wind and solar in western Victoria has been narrowed down to just a few alternative corridors, ahead of an updated proposal expected to be made mid-year.
ASX-listed AusNet Services this week unveiled the latest design for the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project, which proposes a new transmission line stretching nearly 200km from Bulgana, in Victoria’s west, to the north-western Melbourne suburb of Sydenham.
AusNet said the changes to the Western Victorian Transmission Network Project – pictured in the map below – brought it a step closer to being realised, as the first major grid upgrade for the state in 30 years and a “critical” piece of its renewable energy puzzle.
AusNet shows where power transmission network will weave through western Victoria
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There has been considerable community resistance to the plan to run a network of high-voltage powerlines across the region.
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New details of a contentious plan to build a network of powerlines across a 200-kilometre stretch of western Victoria have been released.
Key points:
The final route for the powerlines is due to be finalised midway through this year
Communities along the potential routes are concerned about the project s effect on them
AusNet, which is building the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project to connect to renewable energy sources near Stawell with a power station at Sydenham, on Melbourne s fringe, has released a map highlighting corridors where the powerlines may go.