In The Press
A group fighting the construction of an electrical switchyard in the Hills is celebrating after Western Power announced it would take the project back to the drawing board....
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Western Power's General Manager in Customer Services Mark de Laeter addressed the Shire of Kalamunda's Planning and Services Committee regarding the proposed Eastern Terminal switchyard. Over 80 people filled the chamber to demonstrate their disapproval of Western Power's lack of community consultation...
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Western Power has admitted two of its contractors damaged areas of a walking trail in Kalamunda during recent maintenance.
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A newly formed group of Hills climate activists will fight the proposed construction of the eastern terminal electricity substation.
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...Lo and behold on the same page is a big advertisement - an invitation from Western Power. The subject is basically land clearing for its new power line.
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Western Power have conceded they should have provided Hills residents with clearer information about the development of an Eastern Terminal Substation.
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A group opposing Western Power's plans to build an eastern terminal substation in the Hills fear the community will not receive a fair hearing during the next round of consultation.
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"I note with interest that Ian Buchanan from Western Power (Geologist's ideas rejected, Gazette, April 5) confirmed the southeastern terminal and the recommissioning of the transmission line are required in addition to the eastern terminal..."
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Coal magnate Rick Stowe is planning to capitalise on the high price of domestic gas by spending up to $1.2 billion building 3 new power stations in a move that will put further pressure on the WA Government's greenhouse targets.
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Western Power has rejected a suggestion from a Hills Geologist that its planned eastern terminal substation is unnecessary.
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Kalamunda Shire Council wants the State Government to extend Kalamunda National Park to incorporate an area of the state forest at Hacketts Gully.
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"I am very concerned at Western Power's announcement of the building of a gantry on Mundaring Weir Road and upgrade of the existing 132,0000 volt line between Boddington and this new gantry."
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Kalamunda Shire Council has expressed its intense opposition to the area Western Power is studying as a site for a planned eastern terminal substation.
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A group opposed to Western Power's proposed eastern terminal substation in the Hills has urged energy minister Francis Logan to halt construction of a temporary gantry structure planned for Hacketts Gully.
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Tourism operators in the Hills have joined forces to fight Western Power's plans to build an eastern terminal substation in the Hills.
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"I note that Mr de Laeter claims the main reason for a "hills connection" to the metropolitan grid is because of new power stations being built at Collie".
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"In response to the letter from John Davenport from Bickley, published in the February 16 issue, I assure residents that Western Power has not chosen a location for the proposed Eastern Terminal (ET) substation."
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"Western Power's announcement of the reconstruction of the Collie to Hacketts Gully transmission line strongly suggests that it has chosen a site for the eastern terminal in the Hacketts Gully area."
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An action group fighting the construction of an electricity substation in the Hills believes Western Power has no interest in consulting the community over a site.
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Opponents to a proposed electrical terminal substation in the Hills have won a 12 month reprieve, with Western Power this week announcing it needs more time to consult the community.
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Kalamunda Shire Council will request a consultation with Western Power on the proposal for the new Eastern Sub Terminal.
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Opposition is mounting against Western Power's proposed Eastern Terminal Substation in the Hills.
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Darling Range MLA John Day has called for the State Government to listen to concerns of local residents about a new terminal substation to be constructed in the Kalamunda District.
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Goldfields drinking water could be at risk of contamination if a proposed Western Power substation is established in Kalamunda, according to Kalamunda Shire Councillor Frank Lindsay.
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Residents will take an active role in the selection of a site for a new $180 million terminal substation in the Kalamunda-Mundaring area, according to Western Power.
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Kalamunda Shire Council will "vehemently" oppose a bid by Western Power to build a substation near Mundaring Weir Road in Hacketts Gully.
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by Claire
3/14/2009 2:01:00 PM
I wouldn't want Echo readers to miss out on Western Power's latest
blunder in the Eastern Terminal Substation debacle. In the Echo January
3, Western Power published an advert on page 14 advising their final
decision on the Hackett's Gully bodge.
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We are all angered by arsonists in the east, and with good reason.
We should also be angry with Western Power's decision to locate its
gantry in the extreme bush fire risk area of Hacketts Gully. Should a
fire occur in that area, either through its construction or its
operation, then the densely populated area of Kalamunda Hills will no
doubt face the same fate.
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Western Power has met with a community focus group to discuss phase one of the Powering Perth"s communities project.
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Action groups have described Western Power's latest attempt at
community consultation over the Powering Perth's Communities project as
a sham and a farce. Gary Warden, spokesman for the Hills Climate Action
Group, and Alan Lonsdale, spokesperson for the SETS group, have come
out in protest over the focus group meeting held last Saturday in
Kalamunda.
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