A PUBLIC consultation event will be held in the Benarty Centre today about plans for 14km of underground power cables running from the area to the Fife coast.
SP Energy Networks want to gauge views of the proposals to dig up land and instal infrastructure from Westfield Green Energy Park, which is between Ballingry and Kinglassie, all the way to Kinghorn.
A number of consultation events are underway about the plans, and the company admit that "construction work can cause temporary inconvenience and disturbance".
A new converter station near the existing substation at Westfield is also planned and the project is all to do with Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4), a new high voltage direct current electrical link that will connect Fife with Norfolk.
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A statement from SP Energy Networks explained: "We have identified a swathe of land between the converter station at Westfield and the landfall point at Kinghorn within which underground cables could be installed.
"We will need a ‘working width’ of approximately 40 metres within this swathe and we are consulting local people on where within the swathe this should go.
"Our preferred route is approximately 14km in length, running mainly through rural areas to the south of the A92, and on the margins of scattered settlements to the north of the A92.
"The preferred route avoids designated areas including Camilla Loch, Raith Park and Beveridge Park Garden.
"It will cross under the A92, the Fife Circle railway line and watercourses using trenchless technology.
"This technology may also be used to pass safely under other features such as large areas of woodland if we cannot route around them."
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The company added: "We recognise that construction work can cause temporary inconvenience and disturbance, but we believe our preferred route will keep this to a minimum.
"Once the cables are installed the land will be reinstated and there will be no visible above-ground infrastructure."
Once complete, EGL4 will be able to transmit up to 2 gigawatts (GW) of clean, green renewable energy – enough to power around two million homes.
SP Energy Networks said the transformative project will drive forward investment in net zero, boost economic growth across the UK, allow the rapid growth of renewables and help secure greater UK energy independence.
A public consultation is taking place until Friday May 10 for local people to give their views on the proposals.
SP Energy Networks is holding three drop-in events where people can find out more and ask questions of the project team.
Today they'll be at the Benarty Centre, Flockhouse Avenue in Ballingry between 2pm and 7pm.
Tomorrow they'll be in Auchtertool Village Hall between 9am and 12.30pm and on Thursday they'll be in Kinghorn Community Centre from 3.30pm to 7.30pm.
People can also give feedback online at the project website - https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/ - or by emailing egl4@communityrelations.co.uk or writing to Freepost SPEN EGL4.
They can also ask questions or request a paper feedback form by calling the project Freephone number 0800 021 7890.
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