Rural Dane County residents might feel that the heavily developed Beltline is an ideal corridor for a proposed transmission line that would be the largest in the county. But others say the Beltline is no place for the 345-kilovolt line planned by the American Transmission Co.
“We are taking a very firm stand against a transmission line running along the Beltline in front of the Arboretum,” said Kevin McSweeny, executive director of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. “If it is in fact chosen as a route, we will insist that the line be buried such that our viewscape is not contaminated.”