The town has applied to intervene in a United Illuminating petition to replace railroad power lines with monopoles that could be 95 to 145 feet tall and remove private acreage from local property owners. UI plans to rebuild 8.1 miles of transmission lines from the Eversource-UI demarcation point in Fairfield to the Congress Street substation in Bridgeport, the utility company announced last year. It’s the fifth phase of a larger project to rebuild 25 miles of transmission line from West Haven to Fairfield and aims to strengthen the reliability of the electrical grid and address the age and deterioration of the current transmission lines. UI submitted its application in March for the project to the Siting Council, which will grant final approval for the plans. Fairfield’s application to intervene states the project could impact “scenic vistas” and “historic districts,” remove trees, use herbicides, seize land, damage wetlands and harm property values.
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