Council Asked to Endorse Power Line Route Underneath Walnut Road
Stakeholders' preferred alternative would go under street instead of through front yards, preserving trees.
In a memo to members of the Common Council, City Attorney Alan Kesner explained why he and other parties to the power line controversy in west Tosa now recommend a route very close to one the city had already officially opposed. But Kesner also warned that even though the modified alternative being proposed, which would follow residential Walnut Road, is less intrusive than the original ATC version, it is still deeply disliked by residents there. Basically, the new proposal asks that the power lines be put under the street instead of through residents' front yards. That would preserve their trees and lawns, and bury fears about electromagnetic fields farther from homes and under pavement. Nevertheless, a number of Walnut Road neighbors …
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