Thursday 10 November 2022 05:20 AM Hume Link Transgrid renewables electricity line cutting farms in NSW, slashing ... trends now
Furious farmers are fighting against a $4billion renewable electricity line project that is expected to slash up to 30 per cent off the value of their farms.
The HumeLink is being built by Transgrid to provide a high voltage power connection between southern NSW and Sydney.
However, the system will include the construction of 360km of power lines with huge towers that are as tall as the pylons on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Angry NSW locals said it would cause 'massive damage' to communities and the environment and have called for the project to be moved underground.
More than 1,400 people have already signed a petition against the project and some landowners visited the NSW Parliament on Thursday to speak about the issue.
Rebecca Tobin, one of the farmers speaking out against the line, told Ben Fordham Live that the value of her family's farm will be cut by 30 per cent because of the power lines.
Rebecca Tobin, one of the farmers speaking out against the line, told Ben Fordham Live that the value of her family's farm will be cut by 30 per cent because of the power lines
Ms Tobin said she wanted to pass her farm onto her children and onto her children's children
'Our farms are the embodiment of who we are. They are very much our livelihood, they're a part of us,' Ms Tobin said.
'We will pass on our farms to our children and our children's children
'The value of our land is estimated to be devalued by 30 per cent. It's devaluing our homes.
'But it's actually taking away so much more from us than just a devaluation. We were threatened for the entirety of the black summer fires.
'You cannot fight fires under these huge power lines. They're gonna make regions of NSW undefendable in the next fire.'
The petition against the project reads: 'We are calling on the Federal and State Governments to act urgently and force Transgrid to stop and rethink HumeLink for current and future generations, by taking the transmission lines underground just like they do in Europe, Asia, California, and many other forward-thinking jurisdictions around the world.
'Don't let a foreign-owned company risk the lives of our precious wildlife and rural communities, by cutting corners and destroying 2500 hectares of precious land to cater for dangerous, old tower technology to deliver the HumeLink transmission project.
'Transgrid's HumeLink proposal is to cut an ugly 360km long, 70-metre-wide scar consisting of towers as tall as the Harbour Bridge pylons through old growth forests, state forests and working farms, from Wagga
