tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post8722391107354385366..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Untangling the Power LinesCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-88027683017156204432013-12-05T10:48:41.704-05:002013-12-05T10:48:41.704-05:00The 2nd one, North American Transmission, is plann...The 2nd one, North American Transmission, is planned through central New York state.<br /><br />The Common Council does have time to draft a letter of support for the proposal to bury all transmission lines beneath the river - and at the same site they currently mar what could be a 19th-century view. <br /><br />It wouldn't happen anytime soon, but someday this would be a great boon for the City of Hudson, arguably the capital of American landscape painting.<br /><br />But does our council have the wherewithal to get a letter written? Perhaps more to the point, do we?<br /><br />In an email Monday, the Executive Director of Development for NextEra wrote the following:<br /><br />"With respect to the portion of the project proposed to traverse the Hudson River, we still intend to evaluate both underground/submarine and aerial crossings."unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com