RAGE Shares Renderings Of What Proposed JCP&L Project Might Look Like

What's higher: the proposed electric lines JCP&L wants to build in Monmouth county, or locals frustrations with it?

It might be hard to measure frustration, but thanks to a new rendering of the electric lines posted on their Facebook page, RAGE (Residents Against Giant Electric) is showing just how high the electric lines might really be in comparison to everything else around it.

Residents have been vocal in their opposition to the project, citing a decrease in property value and the lines proximity to local schools, a nature preserve, and senior communities. When the project was first attempted in the late 1980s, outrage, paired with an appraiser predicting a decrease in property values, halted it in its tracks. It was proposed again in May of this year.

Community opposition has been equally fierce this time around, so much so that in early July the Holmdel Township Committee passed a resolution asking JCP&L to bury the power lines instead of raising them into the sky.

The GoogleEarth simulation video was uploaded by a YouTube user called "ConcernedCitizen," and is not an official rendering by JCP&L. The poles in the rendering are about 185 feet tall, but Ron Morano, a JCP&L spokesperson, told Patch in June that the average height will be about 140 feet, depending on the topography.

You can watch the video below:

Image via Clint Mason, flickr.