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"Northern Pass Transmission has scheduled several community open house meetings in Central New Hampshire and the White Mountains region.These will offer an opportunity to ask questions. They're not set up like town meetings.Rather, company representatives, including engineers and environmental experts, will stand in separate clusters and have visual simulations available.There, attendees can ask questions about everything from structure design to line location.\"These open house meetings are part of the project\u2019s commitment to working with communities and residents on answering and addressing questions about the project,\" according to a statement on the project website www.northernpass.us.Early in August, similar open houses were held in Millsfield, Groveton, Pittsburg and Stark.One was this week in Concord (Sept. 4) at the Holiday Inn in Concord.The project would develop about 170 miles of high power transmission lines above ground and about 10 miles underground in the Great North Woods. It would go through about 10 miles of the White Mountain National Forest above ground in the Lost River/Easton Valley area using an existing right of way.Being developed by Hydro Quebec and Northeast Utilities, the project would terminate in Deerfield.19003418Maps which show the route are available at the website www.northernpass.us.Local officials and residents are encouraged to attend the open house for their specific community as some information and communications materials will be specific to that area, the statement reads.The meetings are a preliminary step in the federal Department of Energy permit process. If successful at the federal level, the project will need to be approved by the state's Site Evaluation Committee and the White Mountain National Forest Supervisor.The drop in times for the following meetings are all between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. for the following locations:Tuesday, Sept. 10:Bethlehem, Dalton, Whitefield and LancasterCabot Inn and Suites200 Portland Street / Route 2Lancaster, NH 03584Wednesday, Sept. 11:Easton, Lincoln, and Sugar HillThe Mountain Club on Loon90 Loon Mountain RoadLincoln, NH 03251Tuesday, Sept. 17:Campton, Thornton and WoodstockCampton Days Inn1513 Daniel Webster HighwayCampton, NH 03223Wednesday, Sept. 18:Ashland, Bristol, Bridgewater, Holderness and New HamptonAshland Legion Post 1539 Main StreetAshland, NH 03217In addition, members of the public can attend scoping meetings about the environmental impact of the project:Monday, Sept. 23:6-9 p.m.Grappone Conference Center70 Constitution Ave.ConcordTuesday, Sept. 24:5-8 p.m.Plymouth State UniversitySilver Center for the ArtsHanaway Theater17 High St.PlymouthWednesday, Sept. 25:5-8 p.m.Mountain View Grand Resort &amp; SpaPresidential Room101 Mountain View RoadWhitefieldThursday, Sept. 26:5-8 p.m.Colebrook Elementary School27 Dumont St.Colebrook"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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