Commissioners learn about proposed transmission line

Nebraska Public Power District representative Jason Hofer presented the Antelope County Commissioners with an update on the proposed Antelope County to Holt County Transmission Line Project.

The ACC met yesterday and heard Hofer inform them that a second public meeting concerning the route of the 345kV Transmission Line will take place July 21 from 3 to 7 p.m., at the American Legion in Clearwater.

If approved, all physical structures of the transmission line will be on private land. However, aerial lines will cross Antelope County roads and that’s where safety issues came into question.

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