AusNet shows where power transmission network will weave through western Victoria
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FebFebruary 2021 at 1:11am
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.