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Marathon County Rebukes ATC in Stern Letter
From the Record Review.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Marathon County administrator Mort McBain told supervisors on Tuesday that he has sent a letter of complaint to the American Transmission Company and Wisconsin Public Service concerning violations of an agreement about building the Arrowhead-Weston power line across Nine Mile Forest, town of Rib Mountain.
In the letter, McBain complains that ATC and Wisconsin Public Service contractors have been using Red Bud Road for construction access instead of, as agreed to, CTH KK and Fawn Road.
"Marathon County has not granted permission for ATC (American Transmission Company) to utilize Red Bud Road in any way as an access road, and you are hereby notified to immediately stop using Red Bud Road," writes McBain.
McBain says that Red Bud Road is not built to withstand use by overweight cranes, heavy trucks and other construction equipment. The administrator writes that the county is "extremely concerned" about the location of a transmission pole so close to Red Bud Road that it would pose "a serious safety hazard for motorists." The pole's location also violates the county highway utility policy.
McBain says that the county refuses to accept responsibility for protecting the transmission pole and requests that, if ATC is unwilling to move the pole, it rebuild Red Bud Road in a more suitable location.
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