BLM to release draft report on Gateway West project

The Bureau of Land Management plans to release in coming weeks a draft version of an environment report outlining the impact of a proposed power line project that would run through Elmore County and across southern Idaho.

Known as the Gateway West Transmission Line Project, the joint venture between Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power includes building a series of 145- to 180-foot towers capable of carrying up to 500 kilovolts of power across 1,150 miles.

When finished, it would connect Idaho Power's Windstar substation near Glenrock, Wyo., to the Hemingway substation near Murphy, Idaho.

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