BLM releases draft version of Gateway West document

This map highlights some of the routes under consideration in the final Environmental Impact Statement of the Gateway West transmission line proposal.

After a nearly one-year delay, the Bureau of Land Management released a draft version of an environment report outlining the impact of a proposed power line project that would run through Elmore County.

A joint venture between Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power, the Gateway West Transmission Line Project includes building a series of 145- to 180-foot towers capable of carrying up to 500 kilovolts of power across 1,150 miles.

Idaho Power plans to run two sets of power lines through the county and across southern Idaho. The first set would run north of Mountain Home with the second route expected to skirt around several communities, including Glenns Ferry, Hammett and Bruneau.

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