February 17, 2012
Contact: Rae Todd,
(970) 229-5255, toddr@prpa.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Platte River Power Transmission
Line Construction Update
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A
helicopter will be used to ferry concrete needed for the foundation of the last
and southernmost transmission pole of a line being rebuilt by Platte River
Power Authority in the Pineridge Natural Area. This activity may occur as early
as Tuesday, February 21, 2012, weather and other circumstances permitting.
Platte River and the City of Fort
Collins Natural Resources Department are working together to minimize
construction impact to the Pineridge Natural Area. A helicopter is being used
to avoid potential damage that might be caused if concrete trucks were driven across
the natural area to deliver the concrete.
To minimize the lengths of the
flights, concrete will be loaded into a bucket carried by the helicopter at a
staging point slightly northeast of the junction of W. County Road 38E and S. County
Road 23 (S. Centennial Drive).
Updated information about
construction activities related to this transmission project can be found on
Platte River’s website at www.prpa.org
Platte River Power Authority is a not-for-profit utility that generates
and delivers reliable, low-cost and environmentally responsible electricity to
its owner communities—Estes Park, Fort Collins,
Longmont and Loveland, Colorado, where it is distributed by each municipal
utility to residents and businesses.
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