Organic farmer vows to resist AltaLink power lines

An organic farmer in central Alberta is promising a fight if AltaLink proposes a controversial power line pass through his land.

The Calgary-based electrical transmitters Red Deer Area Transmission Development project will reinforce theelectric system betweenthe Wetaskiwin and Didsbury areas, said company spokeswoman Robin Boschman.

"If something happens, my fields get contaminated, I will lose my certification. And that takes three years to get back," Lund said.

"I don't think AltaLink really knows the seriousness of this," he said.

But AltaLink will continue to listen to landowners as it settles on a final route, said Boschman.

"Our goal is to find the lowest overall impact route. No decisions have been made,"she said.

Once the company announces its final proposal, it will still have to be approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission.