Pike County residents worried about proposed power line project
“These concerned citizens are raising awareness about a proposed a power line project called the “Grain Belt Express”.
Clean Line Energy Partners out of Houston Texas wants to build a 750 mile long transmission line from western Kansas across Missouri and Illinois to Indiana.
Four to seven support towers between 110- and 200-feet-high would be built per mile along the path.
The orange lines on the map in the video above indicate potential routes the the transmission lines could take.
This private company wants public utility status which would then give them eminent domain authority.
That worries Allison Wolverton who retired to Pike County, Missouri and bought 63 acres of land with her husband less than 2-years-ago.”
KHQA News 12 March 2014.