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Tampa Palms On Planned Route For New Power Lines

Posted: 17 min. ago

TAMPA PALMS - Tampa Palms is on the planned route of Progress Energy's new high-power transmission lines.

Progress officials told leaders for the Tampa Palms Owners Association and Community Development District that the company would file an application with the state Department of Environmental Protection in June to install 230-kilovolt lines in the existing power line easement that bisects Tampa Palms.

Maggie Williams, a consultant for the district, said Progress plans to install 130-foot-high monopole structures to replace the current lattice-style transmission poles, which are 113 feet high.

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