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Re-build. Don’t Re-Route. USFS Policy to Protect Public Interest!
“Under all alternatives, management emphasizes placing utility development in designated corridors…Corridor management shall be compatible with adjacent management objectives including...
WAPA’s Estes-Flatiron “Re-Route” Costs Increased 33%. Who Pays & Why?
As rate-payers, we watch our our electric bills increase through tacked-on fees 5% year-over-year in an exclusive tax to pay primarily the regional, Platte River Power Authority. At the same time,...
Two Lines, But Only One Designated Utility Corridor
The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is attempting to establish a FIVE MILE WIDE ENERGY CORRIDOR (with 10 story steel towers, massive clear cuts, and a web of lines) through Roosevelt...
What You Say Matters!
The Department of Energy is once again trying to re-define the entire east end of Estes Park, CO as a major, five mile wide energy corridor, rather than the current scenic byway that leads millions...
Estes Park’s Most Practical Route 1877 to 2012
Long before Estes Park’s original 1938 transmission line was clear-cut and constructed through the valley between Mount Olympus and Mount Pisgah, a stage-coach road heading due east out of...
Public Funds to Pay for Private Benefit?
In the midst of a nationally tight economic climate and a growing need for efficient, renewable power, WAPA staff are wasting public funds by initiating a costly and time-consuming Environmental...
Utility Corridor Map
The Original 1938 Transmission Line and Clear Cuts coincide with the USFS Designated Utility Corridor Centerline through the valley directly between Mount Olympus and Mount Pisgah (see Pew Crocker...
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Two Lines, But Only One Designated Utility Corridor
The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is attempting to establish a FIVE MILE WIDE ENERGY CORRIDOR (with 10 story steel towers, massive clear cuts, and a web of lines) through Roosevelt National Forest at the public access Pole Hill Trail head, up scenic US HWY 36 into Estes Park, Colorado and in front of Rocky Mountain National Park itself!
Strangely enough, WAPA already has before them a major, utility corridor with the exact centerline already sited and set aside by the USFS for major utility projects just like this. They’re not using it. Why? Questions have been raised as to exactly why WAPA has chosen to disregard using this line for their major transmission rebuild and who stands to gain from such a publicly damaging, costly, and environmentally devastating re-route. More…
Utility Corridor Map
The Original 1938 Transmission Line and Clear Cuts coincide with the USFS Designated Utility Corridor Centerline through the valley directly between Mount Olympus and Mount Pisgah (see Pew Crocker Ranch), due east of Estes Park. Travelers from around the world enter the valley from the scenic US Highway 36, and WAPA’s proposed re-route would industrialize the very scenic travel corridor that millions of visitors experience as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. The proposed transmission line re-route is an unacceptable modification to the scenic views along this travel corridor and up to the National Forest trail head at Pole Hill Road gate. more…
What You Say Matters!
The Department of Energy is once again trying to re-define the entire east end of Estes Park, CO as a major, five mile wide energy corridor, rather than the current scenic byway that leads millions of visitors into the heart of the Rocky Mountains and into Rocky Mountain National Park every year, scenic US Highway 36.
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