Residents air their views on pylons
Saturday 21st May 2011, 11:30AM BST.
Shropshire residents again turned out in their droves to the latest National Grid and ScottishPower meeting to discuss controversial plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales.
Close to 300 people attended the meeting at Worthen Village Hall near Shrewsbury arranged by Ludlow MP Phillip Dunne.
Sarah Crossland, clerk to Worthen Parish Council, said many people turned up to the event, which ran from 4pm to 6pm, on their way home from work.
She said local land owners reinforced concerns about health issues, the local economy and house prices.
Shropshire people are now being invited to join a protest march to the Welsh Assembly’s headquarters in Cardiff, with coaches leaving Welshpool livestock market at 10am on Tuesday.
Ms Crossland said: “I did a rough head count and just under 300 people turned up to the meeting.
“National Grid made a presentation about why they chose these routes for the pylons and they then took questions from the public. Many people were asking why the route was picked when there is existing infrastructure in place.
“One of our biggest concerns is that this is being described as the ‘Mid Wales Connection’ which is misleading because it actually affects many people in Shropshire.
“Our job from the very start has been to make people aware of how it will affect them.
Ms Crossland added that a thorough cost analysis for placing the cables underground has also been called for.
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