Visual Impacts on the Westward Vista at Nine-mile Prairie and the Inadequacy of the LES Power Line Siting Criteria to Address Them

Authors

Richard K. Sutton, UN-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

September 2005

Abstract

The criteria utilized by the Lincoln Electric System (LES) do not account for impact to the historical, cultural, biological and aesthetic settings traversed by large high-voltage power lines. This paper describes the impacts of such a proposed line at Nine-mile prairie near Lincoln, Nebraska.