General News
11 March, 2023
Letter: Where's underground option
LETTER TO THE EDITORSir, If this new western option is No 5, what on earth were the other options (VNI West project, Loddon Herald, March 2, 2023)What number was the underground option? We know the option one was disputed cleverly, but that group...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Sir, If this new western option is No 5, what on earth were the other options (VNI West project, Loddon Herald, March 2, 2023)
What number was the underground option? We know the option one was disputed cleverly, but that group had two years to thoroughly research their case.
They raised one interesting dilemma though. You cannot drive a header under the new power lines. In the western option number five many bigger farms will be cut in half.
The government will pay $8000 a year to rent their land. Multiply this by 25 years, as it will cut off after that, and you get $200,000.
Not enough to buy a new header to farm the other side of the powerlines.
Oh dear have they ordered the towers already? Is this why the consultation has been shut down? Where has all the machinery gone that tunnelled the brilliant water pipes in our region?
We need this infrastructure. It is such a shame that the more expensive option, the longer lasting option, the less maintenance needed option, the less money wasted on legal disputes option seems to be off the table.
Gillian Millie
Wedderburn
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