Comments on: Xcel Hiawatha DEIS released, public meeting scheduled http://netdensity.net/2010/01/17/742/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xcel-hiawatha-deis-released-public-meeting-scheduled Urban planning, sustainability and technology Wed, 02 May 2012 14:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chaz http://netdensity.net/2010/01/17/742/comment-page-1/#comment-20216 Chaz Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:08:10 +0000 http://netdensity.net/?p=742#comment-20216 When I was involved in the 46th Street TOD Implementation Plan Study, the overhead power lines along Hiawatha were identified as a major barrier to implementing development along the corridor. Aside from the visual impact and its potential to lower desirability of property (aesthetically), the width of the power corridor and large tower-based pole structure (not the narrower monopole design elsewhere in the corridor) are big impacts on Hiawatha. Since the power is already in along Hiawatha, it's not cost effective to go about burying the lines there. But along the Greenway, I would guess the development potential more than outweighs the added cost of burying these from the get-go. When I was involved in the 46th Street TOD Implementation Plan Study, the overhead power lines along Hiawatha were identified as a major barrier to implementing development along the corridor.

Aside from the visual impact and its potential to lower desirability of property (aesthetically), the width of the power corridor and large tower-based pole structure (not the narrower monopole design elsewhere in the corridor) are big impacts on Hiawatha.

Since the power is already in along Hiawatha, it’s not cost effective to go about burying the lines there. But along the Greenway, I would guess the development potential more than outweighs the added cost of burying these from the get-go.

]]>