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northern side <strong>of</strong> the 220kV line, and within the easement, is a 66kV overhead<br />

power line operated and maintained by Powercor.<br />

The second line, the Anglesea – Point Henry line, is owned by Alcoa. This line is<br />

aligned across the eastern part <strong>of</strong> the study area in a generally south-west to northeast<br />

direction, within an easement approximately 36 metres in width.<br />

Electricity (distribution)<br />

The principal electrical distribution main consists <strong>of</strong> a 66kV (sub-transmission)<br />

overhead line that is located to the south <strong>of</strong> existing pylon mounted 220kV<br />

transmission lines. Both lines are contained within an easement approximately 62<br />

metres wide, aligned generally east-west across the north <strong>of</strong> the study area<br />

To provide sufficient capacity for the future development Powercor will need to<br />

extend the sub-transmission (66kV) overhead powerlines to a zone substation<br />

within the study area. To provide redundancy and supply contingencies two<br />

overhead lines will be required, travelling alternate routes to the zone substation.<br />

Powercor’s preference for the alignment <strong>of</strong> the two routes would be to follow the<br />

main roads within the development<br />

The preferred location <strong>of</strong> the zone substation is central to the residential precinct<br />

East <strong>of</strong> the Surf Coast Highway.<br />

Powercor advises that route and substation location selection is an involved<br />

process that will need to include studies into environmental effects, electrical<br />

design and other utility requirements, once development staging and layouts are<br />

established.<br />

Natural gas<br />

SP AusNet (formerly known as TXU) is the supplier <strong>of</strong> natural gas within the study<br />

area. t-Squared (t2) is a service provider for SP AusNet.<br />

It has been established that the existing gas infrastructure has insufficient capacity<br />

to service the Armstrong Creek development, and that a new gas main will need to<br />

be installed.<br />

A new gas main will be able to take advantage <strong>of</strong> a future upgrade to the gas<br />

supply network. t2 advises that a new 160mm diameter supply main to Barwon<br />

Heads is scheduled for the latter quarter <strong>of</strong> 2007 with the supply source originating<br />

from Waurn Ponds. The route for this supply main runs along the southern<br />

boundary <strong>of</strong> the study area, i.e. along Mt Duneed Road, Lower Duneed road, and<br />

Barwon Heads Road.<br />

ARMSTRONG CREEK URBAN GROWTH PLAN / VOLUME 1 (ADOPTED 13 MAY 2008, AMENDED MAY 2010)<br />

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