Draft Planning Criteria for the North West Transmission Upgrades Project on Public Exhibition

Draft Planning Criteria for the Major Infrastructure Development (North West Transmission Upgrades Project) is now on public exhibition.

The North West Transmission Upgrades Project proposes the development and use of a 220kV overhead electricity transmission line, transmission towers, and ancillary facilities, from Palmerstone to Sheffield, Sheffield to Burnie via a spur line to Heybridge, Burnie to East Cam, East Cam to Hampshire, and Hampshire to Staverton. It includes substations at East Cam, Heybridge, Hampshire and Staverton, along with construction facilities, such as, concrete batching plants, site offices and storage yards at Hampshire, Nietta and South Nietta.

As an infrastructure project that crosses multiple municipal areas, the North West Transmission Upgrades Project has been declared a major infrastructure project under the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 (the MIDA Act).

Comments can be made in writing to the Tasmanian Planning Commission from 5 December 2020 until 4 January 2021.

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