The public-private project involves the New York Power Authority and New York Transco working together to build a new 90-mile underground transmission line, which carries electricity from where it is generated to homes and businesses. The proposed line, which will run from Queens to Suffolk, is meant to increase the capacity, resilience and reliability of the state\u2019s electric grid and transmission system, which have not been updated in decades. Like current transmission lines in the state\u2019s grid, it will be able to carry any type of power through it, from coal to natural gas to wind energy, based on what is most available and affordable at the moment, a decision made daily by the power operator.<\/p>\n
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Propel New York\u2019s proposed transmission lines across Long Island and Queens. Photo courtesy of Propel New York.<\/p>\n
Some of those opposed to the project attended several of the four public hearings held by the New York Public Service Commission across Glen Cove and Mineola to \u201censure\u201d their voices were heard. Dozens of people spoke at each, which occasionally became contentious and heated. Those on either side had to be reminded to remain calm and respectful to each other, particularly after those holding the hearing said a fight nearly broke out between two people in Glen Cove.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those living in and near Glen Cove called their home \u201cground zero\u201d for the project and its detrimental impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project will negatively affect the health and welfare of our surrounding communities in so many ways,\u201d said resident Vincent Suraci. \u201cFor over a year, a number of North Shore residents, most living there or owning businesses along the route of proposed construction, have voiced opposition to the dangerous Propel New York project. [We] are ground zero for this project. We need to fight this as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project has been in the planning and permitting stages for years. If it continues to receive the necessary approvals, it projects it will begin its four-year construction in roughly a year. As the project runs entirely underground, construction will result in streets being temporarily torn up to place the line underneath them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both speakers who opposed the project and those who expressed support for it asked the Propel NY team to reconsider certain parts of the route where the line would be laid, and therefore where construction would take place. People specifically asked the team to redraw the construction map so construction would not take place on certain main roadways in Glen Cove, Glen Head and Glenwood Landing, particularly Glen Cove Road, one of the only major north-south thoroughfares running out of the peninsula.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople will die from longer emergency service response times as our roads will be severely restricted, with our two firehouses being on those roads,\u201d one Glen Cove resident said. Others expressed concerns over increased traffic, noise, disruption and potential for decreased home values.<\/p>\n
Adrienne Esposito, director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, expressed her support for the project, calling it necessary, but also asked the team to work with the Coalition to Protect Hempstead Harbor to ensure any route that involved the harbor did not harm the waterfront and that all possible environmental mitigations were taken.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is that we have to modernize our energy infrastructure. If we don\u2019t do it now, when are we going to do it? And if we do it in the future, it\u2019s going to cost more. It\u2019s not going to get less inconvenient,\u201d Esposito said. \u201cWe must find the right route, but we must proceed with meeting the energy demands of the 21st century with 21st century infrastructure and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n