By Michelle Mitchell | The Arizona Republic
Salt River Project has narrowed to two the list of proposed routes of new high-voltage power lines through Chandler.
The remaining east-west portion of the proposed routes would bring 230-kV power lines along Hunt Highway or Germann Road, and the north-south portion of the routes would travel along Arizona Avenue or the railroad tracks just east of Arizona Avenue.
SRP initially proposed eight possibilities to connect the Schrader Substation, southeast of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road, to a proposed substation on the southern edge of the Price Road Corridor.
“It really came down to public input and feasibility,” SRP spokesman Scott Harelson said.
The project is needed to bring additional power capacity to the Price Road Corridor, according to SRP.
