EnergyCo has ignored the voice of communities in the Tamworth electorate by ruling out the common-sense proposal to shift their transmission project on to public land.

The decision by EnergyCo to rule out the a stock route for their transmission project has been met with strong community opposition and outrage from affected residents.

Common sense dictates that the government-built project should sit on government owned land wherever possible, but instead the government department are planning to bulldoze their way through private land.

Farmers and property owners along the current route have invested significantly in their businesses, capitalising on the stunning beauty of the landscape and the productive land in the area.

The decision to run transmission lines and towers through those properties is shocking, particularly when the community has worked incredibly hard to highlight the common-sense route on public land.

The community has spent countless hours trying to convince EnergyCo of the sensible alternate route. EnergyCo have completely disregarded the community’s wishes.

I have written to the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Energy expressing my disgust at the complete disregard of the alternate route.
I’m calling on the Government to intervene and work with the local community on a common-sense solution using public land.