Billion-Dollar Power Link Faces Landowner Resistance

Billion-Dollar Power Link Faces Landowner Resistance
Power lines in the country outside of the New South Wales country town of Portland, Australia, on March 1, 2019. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
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A controversial billion-dollar power line project could be stalled by ongoing disputes, with permission yet to be granted for access to a quarter of the land in its proposed pathway.

The planned overhead HumeLink transmission line to Sydney from the state’s south will be a crucial component in the National Electricity Market, but it has drawn criticism from farmers, local communities and environmental groups.