Orange and Rockland Utilities (O&R) has proposed a $52.6-million project to install 5.5 miles of new electric transmission cable underground in the southwest section of Clarkstown, N.Y.
The construction project is designed to improve electric service reliability and system resiliency for approximately 45,000 O&R customers.
The proposed 138kV underground transmission line would be installed mainly within secondary public roadways to connect O&R’s substation in Nanuet with O&R’s substation in West Nyack. The proposed route goes from O&R’s substation access road in Nanuet, through mainly secondary streets into the substation property in West Nyack.
It will not require property easements over private lands other than from CSX railway. It will be installed in the roadways within the public transportation rights-of-way. Also, no construction will occur within wetlands or forested lands.
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