Proposed Middleton-Dubuque transmission line is up for public meetings this week

Another round of public meetings will be held this week on the proposed Cardinal-Hickory Creek high-voltage transmission line from the Madison area to near Dubuque, Iowa — this time, to take a closer look at any environmental issues that could be affected.

The Cardinal-Hickory Creek project calls for building a 125-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line from the Cardinal electrical substation in the town of Middleton to the Hickory Creek substation in Dubuque County, at an estimated cost of $500 million. American Transmission Co., Pewaukee; ITC Midwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Dairyland Power Cooperative, La Crosse, are planning the line...