Friday, September 12, 2008

Battle over APS power lines' route continues

"Peoria this week continued its argument that a proposed high-voltage power line be placed farther north, away from the 7,100-acre, master-planned Vistancia community.

The Arizona Power Plant Transmission Line Siting Committee held its second round of quasi-judicial hearings Monday and Tuesday at the Renaissance Hotel & Spa in Glendale on siting the 40-mile transmission line from Peoria to Buckeye.

Arizona Public Service is pitching a preferred route that includes the Carefree Highway alignment in Peoria and three alternatives. Peoria wants the alternative route that puts the project along Arizona 74, which the utility says is a designated scenic corridor."

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Battle over APS power lines' route continues

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