From: Wendy Baird <wendybaird@davidmb.plus.com>
Subject: Re: Kendoon to Tongland 132Kv Reinforcement Project
Date: 4 March 2019 at 13:45:01 GMT
To: Paul Swift <info@gallowaywithoutptlons.org>

Dear Galloway without Pylons.
At Kirkcowan Community Council's recent meeting the proposed Kendoon to Tongland Power Line was brought up.
It was felt by some that SPEN is using the increased energy creation in D&G to reduce the stress on the network in other more densely population regions.  To do this it needs to upgrade the system.  It seems bizarre (although sadly, not surprising) that the destruction and disruption caused to the population of D&G by upgrading the network is not counted as important when it will mean that SPEN can save a bob or two.  This seems to be another example of a big company riding roughshod over Dumfries and Galloway.  A sensitive areas of the Lake District, for example, are automatically provided with underground cabling when they are upgraded.  Tourism is one of Dumfries and Galloway's only industries. If we allow the Galloway Forest Park and the beautiful Glenkens to be spoilt by these immense pylons then tourism will certainly suffer.  It may be in the not too distant future, that D&G is one of the last refuges for a host of endangered birds, invertebrates and mammals - one of the only 'wild' places left.  It is felt that we cannot allow ourselves to sit by while these companies contribute to the destruction of that future.   
Wendy Baird
Kirkcowan Community Council
Secretary.