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Olive Branch delays decision on Cascades Town Center power routing after weeks of debate
Summary
The Board of Aldermen voted to table a request from developer Focal Point Investments about allowing overhead transmission lines at the Cascades Town Center PUD while staff and North Central Electric prepare two alternate plans.
The Olive Branch Board of Aldermen on April 1 tabled action on whether to allow overhead transmission lines at the 75-acre Cascades Town Center planned unit development, directing city staff and North Central Electric to return in two weeks with two revised plans.
The item arose during the planning commission portion of the meeting, where staff described four options for delivering power to the project: an overhead loop, a partially buried line, full undergrounding across the development, or postponing a decision. The board spent more than two hours questioning utility representatives, the developer and city staff about cost, timeline, aesthetics and reliability.
Why it matters: Cascades Town Center is a major mixed-use project at the Highway 305/Highway 178 interchange that the board rezoned to a PUD in 2019 and amended in 2022. The route chosen for power lines affects construction timing, developer costs and visible streetscape treatments along the city gateway.
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