During September 2007, Western Power announced plans to establish a terminal substation within a study area comprising the Shire of Kalamunda, City of Gosnells and Shire of Mundaring.
The substation, known as Eastern Terminal, will require the initial clearing of approximately 20 Hectares of land; however the substation will eventually be connected to high voltage transmission lines running along up to 14 new 60-metre-wide corridors. This would require the clearing of up to 400 Hectares of forest, an area the equivalent of Kings Park.
Western Power recently released a map of the possible areas in which the terminal could be located. All of the areas comprise state forest and include priority 1 and priority 2 water catchments.
Western Power is now asking for submissions on the proposed site selection process.
The NRPG has a number of concerns in relation to the site selection process and submitted the attached letter to Western Power.
Ltr_submission_to_WP_on_ETS_12-6-08.pdf (38.76 kb)