As construction approaches, power line opponents vow to fight on
Transmission line through the Lower San Pedro Valley inches closer to reality, despite opposition.
Henry Brean
Reporter
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Locals continue to fight San Pedro power line as construction nearsFor Star subscribers: Construction could begin next year on a renewable energy transmission line across Southern Arizona, but local activists in the Lower San Pedro Valley continue to oppose the project.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released its final environmental review for a 550-mile power line that would cut through the Lower San Pedro River Valley east of Tucson.
Federal regulators have given final approval to a new two-state transmission line set to cut through the Lower San Pedro River Valley east of Tucson.
