By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Environmental concerns regarding the route for proposed new high-voltage power lines between Shuniah, Atikokan and Dryden continue to flare as the project’s proponent promises to “minimize” any impacts. Some Shebandowan residents recently posted on social media their fears that Hydro One’s Waasigan Transmission Line, if built as outlined, will “destroy” a wetland at the end of Shebandowan Lake’s Three Mile Bay. “Removing a 185-metre-long swath of trees along the waterline will have a devastating impact on the visual landscape at the end of Three Mile Bay, resulting in loss of forest habitat and runoff of nutrients into the lake,” one resident posted this month. The post added: “This does not have to be the case. We have repeatedly proposed that Hydro One utilize…
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