AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
Did you know that HumeLink is currently proposed by Transgrid through national parks, state forests and working farms spanning from Wagga Wagga and Kosciusko National Park to the edge of NSW’s Southern Highlands?
This includes at least five aircraft landing sites, government-funded Landcare projects, dams used to fill water tankers for firefighting in the Gilmour area and a regional cricket ground built to play games to raise funds for Beyond Blue!
THE COMMUNITY TALKS ...
Don’t let a foreign-owned company risk our lives and our precious wildlife by cutting corners with dangerous, old tower technology, flawed economic modelling and short-term thinking.
Let’s do this thing properly and sustainably for future generations and put the cables underground like they do in Europe, Asia, California and many other forward-thinking jurisdictions around the world.
ALREADY ADMITTED THEY WERE WRONG
Following the release of its new undergrounding report, Transgrid has already admitted being wrong by as much as 50% in its initial underground costing, but we believe the real cost would be substantially lower again, with new work done in Europe and the United States indicating it can be done a lot more efficiently.
OUTDATE TECHNOLOGY & ONGOING COSTS
Following the release of its new undergrounding report, Transgrid has already admitted being wrong by as much as 50% in its initial underground costing. Still, we believe the real cost is substantially lower, with new work done in Europe indicating it can be done much more efficiently.
When this is coupled with the ongoing maintenance costs and outages associated with old towers technology, undergrounding could well be the cheaper long-term option, even before you factor in the cost of environmental and community devastation associated with these huge towers and the clear-felling of forests and habitat.
Renewable energy must be about end-to-end delivery, not just generation. True green energy must be delivered in an environmentally friendly way.
This is why we need to Stop! Rethink
HumeLink now!
And why we as a community are increasing pressure to ensure power transmission lines are placed underground with a highly organised new structure that follows world best-practice.
STOP HUMELINK TOWERS; UNDERGROUND NOT OVERHEAD
#stoprethinkhumelink
It impacts approximately 2500 hectares of land - an area the size of Wollongong - including clear-felling areas of native forests and national parks, with severe impacts on habitat for more than 80 threatened or endangered species, greenhouse gases and global warming.
ADD YOUR VOICE
We must tell the NSW and Federal Government to stop and rethink HumeLink now!
DONATE
STOP! Rethink HumeLink Now! Is a grassroots community-based campaign, developed by HumeLink Alliance and HumeLink Action Group and self-funded by the public. Transgrid is a foreign-owned, multi-billion dollar company. We need your support to have our voices heard.
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PETITION
Add your signature to demand that HumeLink places these powerlines underground.