MHNN file photo.
New York Transco an electric transmission developer, conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center for new transmission lines that have been added to the Mid-Hudson Region running from Rock Tavern through New Windsor and Blooming Grove, to Sugar Loaf.
“The Rock Tavern project is a great example of how successful projects get done,” said Victor Mullin, president of New York Transco.
“New York Transco is welcome into my district in New York State anytime,” said Assemblyman Chris Eachus (D, New Windsor).
The project, which replaced an aging 12-mile, 100-year-old 115KV line running through the towns of New Windsor, Hamptonburgh, Blooming Grove and Chester, was completed six months ahead of time, and is expected to help the state reached its goals of 70 percent renewable energy generation by 2030 and zero emissions electricity by 2040.
A Massive New Substation on Round Hill Road in Blooming Grove that connects to the new Transco lines is almost midway through construction.
Substation photos by Edie Johnson
TRANSCO project also included an upgraded substation in Rock Tavern and a rebuilt substation in Sugar Loaf. A massive new substation in Blooming Grove will also support the electric transmission from Round Hill Road, through the forest on Prospect and then travelling along upgraded poles and lines at the intersection of Route 94 and Oxford Road, as well as midway through Prospect Road heading south and east. The Blooming Grove Substation is replacing one that was built back in the 1950's which will be demolished when the new one is finished. Orange & Rockland Utilities purchased adjacent land, a total of 15 acres up on a hillide facing Round Hill Marsh. Hundreds of tons of rock and gravel were brought in and added to a natural granite and shale base to give proper drainage in the area adjacent to wetlands. The project's completion is expected sometime in 2024. Blooming Grove has several Community Solar Farms already online as well as 2 applications in process, one on 34 acres of Prospect Road right adjacent to the new TRANSCO lines, and the other is behind Marycrest Convent just off Bull Mill and Route 17M near the Monroe border.
(Portions from Mid-Hudson News)
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