The plug should be pulled on a controversial plan to run a massive, overhead power line within city limits, says a councillor.
Coun. Karen Leibovici is bringing forward a motion to council later this month that will oppose such high-voltage, above-ground lines.
It comes among massive public outcry from west-end residents who fear the double-circuit 500 Kv line will cause serious illness to those living nearby and force home values to plummet. They want to see the line run underground.
“I don’t believe there’s anything of that size that’s been built anywhere in …

Homeowners in a west Beacon Hill neighborhood were excited about Sound Transit’s new light-rail system, until power lines were strung over their homes, days before the grand opening.
Now an 80-foot-high pole sits between two houses, visible from highways and other hills.
“Everybody in the whole city can see where we live, just by looking up,” says Nick Papini, whose once-clear views of Smith Tower and King Street Station are now obstructed.
The residents want the city to bury the lines underground, which wasn’t done, city officials say, because the cost was too …