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TCV defends compulsory access for environmental surveys

Transmission Company Victoria has begun issuing formal Notices of Access to private landholders — a legal step that allows survey teams onto properties without permission. Picture: File
Peter Bannan

FARMERS along the proposed VNI West transmission route say they’re being steamrolled, after Transmission Company Victoria began a legal step that allows survey teams onto private properties without permission. The formal notices of access, issued under Section 93 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000, are designed to give TCV entry to conduct non-invasive ecological surveys, […]

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