By Michelle Slater
Farmers and heavy machinery operators banded together to clear roads in the ranges after residents were stuck on their properties without power, phones or access for days.
Boolarra, Budgeree and Yinnar South resembled a war zone, with roads blocked by thousands of fallen trees which had taken out power lines, some houses, shedding and major infrastructure.
Yinnar South locals Ben Dawson and Marc McKinlay were just some of the community members who began clearing roads the morning after the storms ripped through.
“It was like a jet engine blowing in my face, there were trees breaking all around me,” Mr Dawson said.
ENGIE has confirmed it has provided Latrobe City Council with a final engineering report into the condition of the Hazelwood Pondage, amid community calls to have the report made public.
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Michelle Slater
Star of the South has reached an “important milestone” by revealing its overland transmission route to plug in a two gigawatt offshore wind farm from Bass Strait into the Latrobe Valley.
Star of the South chief development officer Erin Coldham said they had spent the past 12 months looking at three potential routes before settling on the most technically feasible option.
The proposed route would come to shore at Reeves Beach and travel underground through Darriman, Giffard West and Hiamdale, and connect to either Hazelwood or Loy Yang.
Ms Coldham said this route would now be taken through to detailed planning, approvals and design stages with further community engagement.