Hydro One chooses preferred route for Lakeshore-Windsor line

It's a power line meant to equip Windsor-Essex for the future. As Hydro One has now chosen the route it's going to take between Lakeshore and Windsor, A route which will inevitably affect landowners along the way. They can familiarize themselves with the projects. There's lots of, you know, there's a website. There's lots of engagement going on with the public and landowners directly. You know, and maybe request more detailed information from Hydro One on their preferred alternatives and how the evaluation process looks. Hydro One says the line is going to carry 500 megawatts of power. To a terminal station on Lauzon Road in Windsor, near the Nexstar battery plant. That's the amount necessary to power the city of London, Ontario. The studies from the Independent Electricity System Operator have shown that electricity demand is going to grow approximately 73% by the year 2050, specifically to southwestern Ontario. And so that's really the critical reason why it's important for us to invest in projects like the Windsor Lakeshore Power Line. Hydro One explored several different routes. About one-third of this route reuses an existing corridor. It also avoids the Ruscombe Wetland Complex in Lakeshore. Hydro One says the route they've chosen will affect about 60 properties. About 10 fewer than the other proposed routes. The energy provider will be holding community open house sessions where people can ask questions and they can receive feedback from those who live near or are on the route. It gives us an opportunity to continue with the feedback from them so that if we have to make little micro refinements and adjustments on a specific person's land, we have the opportunity to meet with them and actually have those conversations. Those meetings will take place on November 25th in Lakeshore and the 26th in Windsor. Jacob Barker, CBC News, Windsor.