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Council narrows REDC variance: allows EDC parcels to keep overhead lines but removes private properties from exemption
Summary
Rockwall City Council approved a modified variance that permits existing overhead lines to remain on Rockwall Economic Development Corporation (REDC/EDC)‑owned parcels but removes private properties from the blanket exemption; the original REDC request sought to allow the corridor’s overhead power lines to remain in perpetuity.
The Rockwall City Council on April 21 approved a modified variance request related to utility placement along Corporate Crossing and State Highway 276. The REDC (Rockwall Economic Development Corporation) had asked the council to allow overhead power lines in the corridor to remain in place in perpetuity; the Planning & Zoning Commission had recommended denial.
Staff said the REDC’s February request cited a roughly $9,000,000 estimated project cost for burying the corridor’s power…
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