A MEETING OF REGIONAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CALLED TO DISCUSS ZONING SETBACKS FOR A 94-MILE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE LAST WEEK WAS CANCELED AFTER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOWED UP TO PROTEST. WHAT ANDERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EARLIER DESCRIBED AS A PLANNED WORK SESSION WITH COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY STAFF FROM COFFEY AND ALLEN COUNTIES TO HAVE ADDRESSED OPTIONS TO IMPLEMENT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY ZONING DEPARTMENTS TO REGULATE THE PLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION LINES BY NEXTERA TRANSMISSION. THE PROJECT, IS PLANNED TO RUN FROM WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION ACROSS COFFEY, ANDERSON, ALLEN, BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES TO A LOCATION AT BLACKBERRY, MISSOURI. BUT THE MEETING QUICKLY DESCENDED INTO A FLURRY OF PROTESTS BY ABOUT A DOZEN RURAL RESIDENTS.
ANDERSON COUNTY COUNSELOR JAMES CAMPBELL EVENTUALLY CALLED AN EARLY END TO THE MEETING SAYING THE GROUP WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE ITS OBJECTIVE WITH INTERRUPTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
