UI Launches Virtual Open House For Railroad Line Upgrade Project

WEST HAVEN, CT — (From West Haven City Hall): United Illuminating is proposing to rebuild 9.5 miles of its existing 115-kilovolt transmission lines, which are located within the state Department of Transportation / Metro North Railroad corridor from UI’s Milvon Substation in Milford through Orange and West Haven to UI’s West River Substation in New Haven.

“UI will remove the transmission lines from the existing railroad catenary bonnets — overhead wire systems — and rebuild the lines on monopoles, predominantly on the north side of the corridor,” officials wrote in a post on Facebook. “These activities are necessary to improve the structural integrity and reliability of UI’s transmission system.”

UI is running a virtual public open house through the project’s website until Jan. 24. For more information about the project, visit the website here.