It is meant to protect us from the threat of bushfire and safeguard our electricity supplies, but vegetation clearance under powerlines has again sparked anger among Hills residents. ETSA Utilities contractors working in the region this month have come under attack from landowners and locals who say they are heavy-handed in their work. But the power network ...
Imagine coming home to find trees you planted on your property or marvelled at over the years for their natural beauty had been butchered. How would you feel if the historic trees lining your town’s main street were cut almost to the trunk? These are the situations confronting locals across the Hills with ETSA Utilities contractors working ...
A 400m section of a new powerline should be placed underground to protect a scenic Hills road, a local council has told ETSA Utilities. The Mt Barker Council this week unanimously voted to lobby the power distribution network company not to place 23m high Stobie poles along a section of River Road near Hahndorf. It follows an ...
Trimming of vegetation near powerlines in Langhorne Creek has been suspended following an outcry from the local community. The power company agreed to halt trimming by its contractors in the area after the Alexandrina Council requested work be suspended to enable the development of an “alternative plan” for the region. The trimming is part of ETSA’s vegetation ...
A Stirling woman is seeking answers and compensation after ETSA Utilities contractors and workers “destroyed” her back garden last month. Maire Mannik was told a trench 30cm wide would be dug through her rambling, overgrown, English-style garden off Ridge Road when a neighbor’s extension prompted the electricity distributor to underground power at the two homes. But a ...
ETSA Utilities “butchery” of Hills trees in the name of bushfire prevention is being questioned by the Adelaide Hills Council. Elected members have written to the electricity distribution business to request that “trees are pruned in an appropriate manner to ensure that their shape is maintained in a uniform and safe structure”. They have also registered their ...
