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Posted by admin - December 6th, 2009

Scottish and Southern Energy said that there would be fewer pylons and less transmission lines than currently run through the park area.
There will be 76 pylons compared to 128 at present.
The company also said that overall there would be 200 fewer pylons than on the existing 132,000 volt transmission line, but that they would be bigger.
The height of the new pylons will range from 42m to 65m.
Almost 80% of the pylons will be lower than 57m. The height of the pylons on the existing line ranges from 25m to 41m.
Campaigners had urged the company to put the cable underground but Scottish and Southern said this would could cost between six and 12 times as much.
The power firm said that about 60% of the line would be built on a route adjacent to the existing line, which it will replace.
power produced by new wind farms and hydro schemes in the Highlands and islands to customers further south.
A spokesman for Scottish and Southern Energy said that the new route was published on its website.
He said that anyone concerned about where the line would go should consult the online map.
An application to build and operate the line would soon be submitted to Scottish Executive ministers, the company said.
Spokesman for protest group Stirling Before Pylons, Peter Pearson, said: “We are massively disappointed to learn there have been no significant changes to the proposed route.

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