“So this city/area that gets its tourists from its mountain beauty is going to have a new landmark in its center? Trees, etc., give way to a maze of ‘electric hardware’?”
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Letter: Get with current century on substation project
“If you want candle power for Asheville, go for it.”
Downtown dodged a mall, but substation now looms
“What may have initially made sense on a map fails completely in reality.”
Letter writer: Vanderbilt Apartments has a story to tell, too
“You didn’t mention anything about us over here a block away at Vanderbilt Apartments, which also has its own story and is home to many wonderful persons as well.”
Letter writer: In substation location issue, law of electrical current doesn’t bend for kids
“Do we figure that it will hopefully be OK, and then place multiple generations of our brightest, youngest and most vulnerable community members in the middle of the electron superhighway?”
ABCs and EMFs
Once it is finally constructed, the new Isaac Dickson Elementary School may have a powerful new next-door neighbor. The proposed Duke Energy substation plans for the site have drawn protests from some parents and nearby residents. Duke Energy spokespersons assure those concerned groups that EMF is A-OK. Whether such assurances will quell the FUD remains […]
Letter writer: Forum Sunday will address Duke Energy’s plan for substation next to Isaac Dickson Elementary School
“As a parent of three children who attend Asheville City Schools and a family practice physician in the community, I was shocked to learn of Duke Energy’s plans to build a power substation next to the new Isaac Dickson Elementary School.”
Letter writer: Don’t risk children’s health with new Duke Energy substation
“As a grandmother of a child who will be attending the new Isaac Dickson Elementary School in the fall, I’m very concerned that Duke Energy is planning to build a large, 115-kilovolt power substation — 200 feet from the school property line!”