ONTARIO — According to its schedule, Idaho Power Company plans to resubmit a proposed route for its planned 500-kilovolt transmission line from Boardman to a substation near Melba.
Idaho Power, however, said there is no specific date for the company to name its most favored route as it plans to allow the public advisory teams to continue their work toward a recommended route.
“Our contingent feels it would be better if (people from) each county would draw lines through their county,” Patty Kennington, one of the leaders in Stop Idaho Power, said. . .
Initial routes drawn by members of the public and project advisory team members went under technical review and were refined to improve their ability to gain permits.
The task was narrowing down the more than 40 suggested routes drawn out during a series of public mapping sessions last fall. The refined routes will be up for public review in the near future.
In addition to the counties originally brought into the route selection process including Malheur, Baker, Union, Umatilla and Morrow counties, Harney and Grant counties have been included since some of the proposed routes go through those counties as well.
A third round of advisory team meetings has been scheduled in those counties, one in Grant County, Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. (PST) at the Canyon City Community Hall, and Harney County, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the county Community Center in Burns. . .
