[Electrans-l] Transmission Line Project: April Update

[Southern Columbia Electric Transmission Line project]

Transmission Line Project: April Update
link to web page:
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Electric/ProposedElectricTransmission.php
A report and a change order to the Sega Engineering contract about the
proposed transmission lines in southern Columbiaare going to the City
Council on Monday, April 18. There are two different options being
studied, Option A and Option B. Copies of the information being
presented can be found on the city’s web site. Here is the link to the
council agenda. ( http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Council/Meetings/index.php
) 
Option A update: The initial route study from the fall of 2010 is now
being called Option A. This option had various routes for each section
of the project. All of the public comment that was received at the open
house, through letters, e-mails and phone calls about the various routes
was tabulated by Columbia Water & Light staff. There is a memo about
Option A (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/OptionAmemo.pdf )
going to the Council on April 18, 2011.
Sega Engineering took the public feedback along with other evaluation
criteria and conducted the analysis of the various routes for Option A (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/RouteSelectionMatrix.pdf
). There were many decision factors that were considered and two
evaluations were run. 
One evaluation used public input and costs as decision factors and the
other evaluation removed cost as a decision factor. In both evaluations
the same routes were identified.  The Millcreek to Perche route (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/MillcreekPercheRoute4-11.pdf
)runs along Nifong/Vawter and Scott Boulevardthe Millcreek to McBaine
route (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/MillcreekMcBaineRoute4-11.pdf
) runs along Providence/ Route K.  The Mill Creek to Grindstone route (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/MillcreekGrindstoneRoute4-11.pdf
) runs along Grindstone/Nifong.
Option B update: ColumbiaWater & Light has had several meetings with
the City Council on the transmission line project. The Council requested
the utility look into using more 69 kilovolt lines instead of 161
kilovolt lines and possibly running a 161 kilovolt line from the Perche
Creek substation to the McBaine substation on the far south east side of
Columbia. This portion of the route selection study will be calledOption
B and is outlined in Diagram I (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/OptionBdiagramI.pdf
). The City Council will be voting on a change order to the contract
with the Sega Engineering (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/AmendTransmissionContract.pdf
) to have them work on possible routes for Option B. Suggested routes
for Option B should be completed in the summer of 2011 and will be
presented to the public at an open house. 
Time line of project: A time line (
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Documents/TransmissionTimeLine4-11.pdf
) for this project has been completed. It is expected that the various
routes for Option B should be completed in the summer of 2011. These
routes will be presented to Council and the public in the summer/fall of
2011. The final selection of the route could happen at the end of 2011
or in early 2012 unless additional route selection work comes up during
meetings with the Council and the public. 
Columbia Water & Light can be contacted at 573-874-7325 or at
wlmail at gocolumbiamo.com
 
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