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Powerlink’s planned project.

Powerlink plans to install 275kv transmission lines through Eerwah Vale and build an electrical substation on 20 hectare (50-acre) site that will ruin the beauty of the countryside to the north of Eumundi with 12km of high voltage transmission lines and pylons up to 65m (over 200 feet) high.

If Powerlink proceeds with its plans:

• Eerwah Vale, Belli Park and Ridgewood (Tourist Route 22 on the way to Kenilworth) – an area of outstanding natural beauty that residents and visitors love and enjoy – will be ruined forever
• Wildlife corridors will be destroyed
• The uglification of the Hinterland is certain to decrease property values throughout the area, massively for some properties, but decreases for all owners (one affected landholder has already heard from a real estate agent that his property value has halved since the Powerlink plans became known and that the agent wouldn’t even list it “because no one would bother getting out of the car”)
• The health of people living close to the power lines could be harmed by electro-magnetic fields that recent studies suggest may cause cancer. One such study concludes “the results raise the possibility that prolonged residence close to high-voltage power lines, especially early in life, may increase the risk of the development of MPD (myeloproliferative disorders) and LPD (lymphoproliferative disorders) later.” (Internal Medicine Journal – Volume 37 Issue 9 Page 614-619, September 2007)

Proposed power pylon – note red arrow and size of man (Click on image to enlarge – opens in new window – 116kB)

• We estimate that Powerlink’s plans would increase the power supply to the Sunshine Coast fivefold, though Powerlink’s own projections indicate that just a doubling of the existing supply to the area will meet demand here for the next 20 years.

Please help the community in the Eumundi area fight to protect the beauty of this region.

What do substations look like?

The proposed substation north of Eumundi (Cooroy South) requires a site of 50 acres of which the actual substation development will be 5 acres.

Will it look similar to the Bouldercombe substation near Rockhampton?

Bouldercombe substation near Rockhampton in Central Queensland (Click on image to enlarge – opens in new window – 324kB)