MORNING SENTINEL • October 26, 2021
It’s sad when many who oppose the proposed development of the Hydro-Quebec/CMP’s electricity-transmission line system use so many emotionally charged, untrue and/or misleading statements to oppose this project’s development from the Quebec/Maine border to near the West Forks. Of the total 145-miles, 53 miles of corridor is planned through a so-called “pristine wilderness” and “beautiful undeveloped forest” to be connected with an already existing 92-mile passage from the West Forks area to Lewiston. It’s total bogus. Much of the 53-mile corridor is within a large working forest. This region is crisscrossed by a number of roadways. In addition, if the training of more logging-industry personnel for the future of Maine is so important for Maine, why are so many people opposed to the tree-cutting along the proposed corridor? Instead, maybe corridor opponents should be replanting the previously decimated forests. ~ Bill Harmon, Benton