Columbia City Council discusses electrical infrastructure during work session
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Columbia City Council discussed two potential options to build a new electrical transmission line at their council work session on Monday night. Both options would connect the Perche Creek and Grindstone substations.
The plans to build transmission line infrastructure between these two stations has been in the works for more than 10 years, but has been pushed back several times.
The two potential routes for the new line are the Chapel Hill Road route and the Vawter School-Nifong route. The Chapel Hill option would be about a half-mile shorter and use existing poles, but would cost $56 million. The Vawter School-Nifong route would cost $34 million.
The council also discussed the need to upgrade the Mill Creek substation. It will decide on which option to present to the public for public hearings at the Monday, Feb. 16 council meeting.
