BLM delays release on powerline plan's draft document

This map highlights some of the routes under consideration in the final Environmental Impact Statement of the Gateway West transmission line proposal. The draft document is now expected to go public this September.

The Bureau of Land Management expects another two-month delay before it releases a draft version of an environmental report outlining the impact of a proposed power line project that would run through Elmore County and across southern Idaho.

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

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