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The Sunshine Coast council has moved to have its say on the impact of the proposed electricity transmission line through Eerwah Vale.

Sunshine Coast Regional Council supporting community against Powerlink’s project to develop a 275kV transmission line and substation in Eerwah Vale.

Wednesday’s Strategy and Planning Committee discussed a recommendation that council staff prepare a response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, expected to be completed before year’s end.

The staff report to the committee acknowledged the concern in the community surrounding the project, and Mr Abbot said it was a blow to the community similar to that of the Traveston Dam, the Northern Interconnector Pipeline and the rail re-alignment.

“We’ll put a submission in (to the draft EIS) and support the community,” he said. Council has moved now, prior to the release of the Draft EIS, due to the short time frame for public and stakeholders to review the EIS.

Mayor Bob Abbot said the rural community was “paying dearly” for state government decisions. A report to the committee said council staff had a three week time frame to respond. The majority of the new powerline will be built along an existing easement, but a number of properties will have to be resumed to make way for a line into a new substation west of Cooroy.

The recommendation will now be presented to full Council at next week’s Ordinary Meeting.

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Source: Noosa News – Grant Reynolds