Farmers along the proposed route of a major overhead transmission line in Western Victoria vow to protest against the project and prevent access to their land.
Western Victorian farmers along the proposed route of a major overhead transmission line have vowed to protest against the project and prevent access to their land.shows a preferred easement of 70 metres along most of the route, which would host 80m-high transmission towers., runs outside of St Arnaud, west of Charlton, then swings past Kerang and over to Murrabit on the New South Wales border.
"These conversations are important to help design the project while minimising impact to each property, and to ensure all landholders receive fair and reasonable compensation."Barry Batters farms north of St Arnaud in Sutherland, where there are four towers proposed for his property. "I've been farming here for over 50 years and I've never seen the community torn apart so much," Mr Batters said."It's gonna be a big fight, it's not going to be easy."
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