Chino Hills officials will argue against a Southern California Edison plan to expand a high voltage power line through the city Friday during a hearing with state public utility commissioners in San Francisco.
A five-mile swath of the proposed path through Chino Hills would double the size of existing though inactive Edison power lines to about 200 feet. About 1,000 residents would live within 500 feet of the power lines, city officials said.
"The route that Edison wants to use cuts through the heart of our city and puts an element of danger in the community where those towers go past because of their size," said Councilman Bill Kruger.
Read the story... | Source: Daily Bulletin | Posted: 11/18/09
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