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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Summary of proposed high power transmission lines in Village of Montgomery
Wed. Jan 14th 7pm special meeting Village of Montgomery Hall, Clinton Street, Montgomery Central Hudson has been tasked with rebuilding the WM power transmission line. THis has great possible impact on our schools and community. There is a great possibility of high power lines emitting EMF, 90 foot metal poles with giant wires and 100 foot clear cut of all vegetation running on property near you and your schools!
Wed. Jan 14th 7pm special meeting Village of Montgomery Hall, Clinton Street, Montgomery Central Hudson has been tasked with rebuilding the WM power transmission line. THis has great possible impact on our schools and community. There is a great possibility of high power lines emitting EMF, 90 foot metal poles with giant wires and 100 foot clear cut of all vegetation running on property near you and your schools!
Here is a map, note the High School/Middle school campus. The red denotes the current line (it CAN stay where it is mind you, at much less expense to CH. Think they'll pass that on to use like the INCREASE for the MILLIONS it will cost to do a COMPLETELY new re route?) and the green is the new proposed line THAT TOTALLY INVADES SCHOOL PROPERTY. The track team and athletic teams will surely miss the use of their areas....
if the image above is too small,
go here
click on all three of the utilities (alternate, current, and right of way) as well as 2007 imagery (to use real aerial maps) and it is interactive, you can pan and zoom
Meghan Murphy at the Times Herald Record has written about this subject a few times online
http://forums.recordonline.com/th-montgomery
and in the paper.
http://forums.recordonline.com/th-montgomery
and in the paper.
The transmission line is proposed to be a 69KV line, however on the current line there is 345KV feeds in Walden. The Town of Montgomery Planning board (TOMpb) and or Central Hudson (CH) is proposing the portion that currently is in the center of the Village of Montgomery be re routed and go behind Purple Heart Way, Haskins Court and Conroy Avenue, one of the newest developments in the Village of Montgomery. The newest community to the village. Millions of dollars of new developement- residents who bought and were not told of any plans, motions, disclosure or any info with regard to proposed power lines.
Summary of proposed high power transmission lines in Village of Montgomery
Wed. Jan 14th 7pm special meeting Village of Montgomery Hall, Clinton Street, Montgomery
Central Hudson has been tasked with rebuilding the WM (Walden Montgomery)Orange County, NY power transmission line. A group of concerned Village ofMontgomery residents, who will be directly affected seek your support.The current transmission line runs through the center of the Village ofMontgomery and has been in place for 70 years. There is no reason it can'tbe upgraded in place. Representatives of Central Hudson have confirmed this. This would avoid moving it to a proposed route around Conroy Ave.,Haskins Ct., and Purple Heart way and closer to the VCSD HS/MS Campus. The proposed re route would place poles of up to 90 feet in height with a clearcut Right of Way surrounding them of 100 feet and place these poles on school properties and in wetlands. All without benefit of a SEQRA study to understand the impacts to the well being of the community, property devaluation, safety and negative health effects of the electro magnetic field, wildlife and or traffic impacts among the few items that would be investigated. We need support in ensuring that our local Town of Montgomery Planning board (who has been declared lead agency on this project), The Town of MontgomeryBoard and the Village of Montgomery Board and all of our trustees represent us and present our best interests. This project would benefitfrom theSEQRA process to properly review the impacts. Frankly, as a concerned citizen group, we are baffled as to why the planning board has notmoved for a POS DECLARATION for SEQRA and we are a afraid they will NOT do so, thus allowing the time frame where SEQRA CAN be declared to run out. This would be a huge injustice to us the people whom the Town Planning Boardrepresents. Many of us believe, based on the size of the poles and thepreferred Right of Way (such a large clearing coupled with tall poles) that a portion of this transmission line is really being readied to be a MUCH HIGHER voltage than 69kv (which presents significant health problems as is).We need a moratorium to stop the time ticking on this project, we need topass a Town Law requiring all future power lines be buried and we MUST POSITIVELY DECLARE (POS DEC) SEQRA. Ideally these steps will ensure thatthis project does not NEED a Re ROUTE and will merely upgrade in place,where the line is today. Please help us to achieve these goals. Weekly town, village and town planning board meetings are being monitored by our group; we attend to ensure that we become aware of any developments on this project. A special meeting will be held on January 14th 7pm village of montgomery Hall, Clinton Street, withrepresentatives from Central Hudson, The Village of Montgomery Board, theTown of Montgomery Board, the Town of Montgomery Planning Board as well as concerned citizens. These meetings are where we are supposed to be informed of what is happening with the re route of the transmission line. This is where we can make a difference and make sure our voice is heard. Contact MemoryKeepsakes@Frontiernet.net for more info, questions.
Central Hudson has been tasked with rebuilding the WM (Walden Montgomery)Orange County, NY power transmission line. A group of concerned Village ofMontgomery residents, who will be directly affected seek your support.The current transmission line runs through the center of the Village ofMontgomery and has been in place for 70 years. There is no reason it can'tbe upgraded in place. Representatives of Central Hudson have confirmed this. This would avoid moving it to a proposed route around Conroy Ave.,Haskins Ct., and Purple Heart way and closer to the VCSD HS/MS Campus. The proposed re route would place poles of up to 90 feet in height with a clearcut Right of Way surrounding them of 100 feet and place these poles on school properties and in wetlands. All without benefit of a SEQRA study to understand the impacts to the well being of the community, property devaluation, safety and negative health effects of the electro magnetic field, wildlife and or traffic impacts among the few items that would be investigated. We need support in ensuring that our local Town of Montgomery Planning board (who has been declared lead agency on this project), The Town of MontgomeryBoard and the Village of Montgomery Board and all of our trustees represent us and present our best interests. This project would benefitfrom theSEQRA process to properly review the impacts. Frankly, as a concerned citizen group, we are baffled as to why the planning board has notmoved for a POS DECLARATION for SEQRA and we are a afraid they will NOT do so, thus allowing the time frame where SEQRA CAN be declared to run out. This would be a huge injustice to us the people whom the Town Planning Boardrepresents. Many of us believe, based on the size of the poles and thepreferred Right of Way (such a large clearing coupled with tall poles) that a portion of this transmission line is really being readied to be a MUCH HIGHER voltage than 69kv (which presents significant health problems as is).We need a moratorium to stop the time ticking on this project, we need topass a Town Law requiring all future power lines be buried and we MUST POSITIVELY DECLARE (POS DEC) SEQRA. Ideally these steps will ensure thatthis project does not NEED a Re ROUTE and will merely upgrade in place,where the line is today. Please help us to achieve these goals. Weekly town, village and town planning board meetings are being monitored by our group; we attend to ensure that we become aware of any developments on this project. A special meeting will be held on January 14th 7pm village of montgomery Hall, Clinton Street, withrepresentatives from Central Hudson, The Village of Montgomery Board, theTown of Montgomery Board, the Town of Montgomery Planning Board as well as concerned citizens. These meetings are where we are supposed to be informed of what is happening with the re route of the transmission line. This is where we can make a difference and make sure our voice is heard. Contact MemoryKeepsakes@Frontiernet.net for more info, questions.
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