Campaigners in fresh plea on power line
Saturday 2nd January 2010, 11:40AM GMT.
Campaigners battling a controversial £13 million overhead electricity line near Oswestry today called for the Government to reject the proposal.
They said they hoped 2010 would see “a sensible decision” taken on a power line pl- an that would “destroy” countryside arou- nd Oswestry.
Scottish Power wants to run the overhead line from Legacy substation near Wrexham to Oswestry’s substation.
The energy giant says the new pylon line is a major investment in the electricity supply to the area and is vital to ensure an energy supply to Oswestry and Mid Wales.
It says if the line is not upgraded the current network will become inadequate and power will be lost to customers in Shropshire and Powys.
It wants to construct the line to help supply 80,000 homes and businesses in Wrexham, Shropshire and Powys and applied for planning permission to the Department of Energy and Climate Change in April.
Campaign leader Mac Ozanne, of St Martins, said: “We are currently in a state of limbo because no decision has been given yet.
“I would hope 2010 will see a sensible decision being taken on a power line plan which would destroy the countryside in this area.”
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Why oh why is there an element of people who make campaigning a career. Maybe we actually need this this new supply. They can put it in my back yard if it helps the rest of Oswestry, I really don’t mind. Along with a mobile phone mast and a wind farm! We need to move on with technology, and health and safety is too tight these days to allow anything that would do serious harm.
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Power lines cause leukaemia and H & S rules go out of the window when they come up against the interests of an energy company. If “up-to-date” Health and Safety rules were being followed perhaps we should expect the line to be underground, following the direct route along the by-pass – not six miles off course, across a beauty spot, passed the primary school and surrounding an entire village?
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