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Preparations underway for ATC power line construction

Holmes-Old Mead Road project set for Menominee, Delta counties

DE PERE, Wis. – Real estate and tree clearing activities are underway along the 58-mile corridor of American Transmission Co.’s 138,000-volt transmission line project in Menominee and Delta counties in Michigan.

“About 60 percent of the easements we need for the new transmission line have been acquired,” said Brett French, senior external relations manager for ATC. “A major milestone was achieved when we acquired the easement rights of about 20 miles of the corridor from the state of Michigan. This portion of the new line will be built in an abandoned railroad corridor and will be transformed into a recreational trail after the power line is built.”

Surveying, staking, and brush and tree clearing are underway in the corridor where ATC holds easement rights in preparation for the start of construction in January 2015. Contract crews from AECOM, Asplundh Tree Expert Co. and MJ Electric are performing the work. Activities in the corridor will be limited during the gun deer hunting season through Nov. 30.

The new line is needed to improve electric reliability in the area. The project was first announced as part of ATC’s Bay Lake Project in spring 2012. The new line will run between the Holmes Substation along the Menominee River and the Old Mead Road Substation near the New Page mill in Escanaba. The project was approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission in January 2014.

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