Bridgman open house to answer questions about AEP transmission line project

Joseph Dits, South Bend Tribune
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This map from American Electric Power shows the route of transmission lines that the company wants to replace.
This map from American Electric Power shows the route of transmission lines that the company wants to replace.

BRIDGMAN — American Electric Power has plans for rebuilding 21 miles of transmission lines between New Buffalo and Bridgman that has drawn visual and ecosystem concerns from both Chikaming Township and Chikaming Open Lands.

That's because the project would replace wooden poles with much taller, 85-foot metal poles and double AEP’s right of way, clearing mature trees to do so.

AEP will hold a public open house to answer questions between 5 and 7 p.m. June 28 at the Weko Beach House, 5301 Lake St. in Bridgman.

The rebuilt lines would run from New Buffalo to Three Oaks, then to Lakeside, then eight miles along the Red Arrow Highway to Bridgman.

South Bend Tribune reporter Joseph Dits can be reached at 574-235-6158 or jdits@sbtinfo.com.

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