Landowners living along the proposed Bruce-to-Milton transmission line extension are now looking to put pressure on the Ontario government in getting fair compensation.
A group of 15 came to last nights Brockton Council meeting looking for municipal support.
Council unanimously passed a resolution put forth by Councillor Chris Peabody calling for the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure to pay fair compensation to the affected landowners.
Both Peabody and Mayor Charlie Bagnato were at last Sundays meeting in Holstein with landowners, Hydro One officials, and other local politicians.
Peabody says he was quite concerned about the unfair treatment that the landowners are getting coming out of that meeting.
He says the offer Hydro One is proposing is about half of what wind energy operators like Suncor and Enbridge paid landowners to put up wind turbines on their properties.
He says the difference is the wind power companies are private operators while Hydro One is public.
He says it is unfair that the landowners are being asked to subsidize the energy industry in Ontario.
Brant Township resident Dennis Threndyle was also at the meeting in Holstein as was Hydro Ones Senior Vice-President of Corporate Affairs Peter Gregg.
Threndyle says Gregg apologized to the landowners about the mistakes that were made during property appraisals.
He says they were originally told that the property damaged caused by hosting the towers would be around 8 percent.
He says there is evidence suggesting that the damage would be much greater that.
Threndyle says Gregg also did some backtracking after realizing that there was room for negotiations when they were first told that Hydro Ones offer to the landowners was final.
Peabody says the environmental assessment process could have been much easier for the landowners.
He adds the landowners should have been given funds to do research and for legal advice to defend their case.
Threndyle says they will now go to other municipalities along the line for their support.