Georgia Power is planning to build two new transmission lines in Northwest Atlanta, but at a community meeting on May 13, neighbors said they weren’t consulted on the plans — and they have major concerns about the project.
These two electrical lines are planned to wind through Howell Station, but speakers at the meeting said they’re concerned these new electrical lines are less about serving their neighborhood and more about the QTS data center recently built nearby.
At the May 13 meeting, toddlers ran around and pizza was served on paper plates, almost like a community party. The neighborhood association said they were trying to get as many people to come out as possible to M28 Church, which is nestled on a street of residential homes and just blocks from the QTS data center that is sandwiched between the Westside Paper shopping center and Howell Station, and not far away: Fulton County’s Rice Street Jail. The upper floor of the church was standing room only for the event.
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