A couple hundred people gathered on the Plymouth Town Common Tuesday to protest Northern Pass as members of the Site Evaluation Committee climbed off a bus nearby to walk the stretch of Main Street where part of the proposed 192-mile transmission line would be buried.
People of all ages gathered to say no to Northern Pass and enjoy the warm, sunny autumn morning. Some brought their kids; others walked their dogs. Many wore bright orange shirts or hats and carried orange anti-Northern Pass signs. Most took no notice as evaluation committee members walked along Main Street.
Walt Palmer of Franconia came to fight the $1.6 billion project that would bring Hydro-Quebec electricity from Pittsburg to Deerfield, then on to southern New England. Sixty miles of the project would be buried, including through downtown Plymouth, if the SEC approves the plan.
“Northern Pass will go right through the middle of our farm,” Palmer said.
“It’s an abomination. It’s a destructive project. It’s unneeded and not beneficial to New Hampshire.”
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