Shire lobbying about existing 'eyesores' pays off for Mortlake and Terang communities

By Monique Patterson
Updated March 8 2019 - 9:58pm, first published 7:30pm
SOD TURNING: Farmer Pat Meade, Moyne Shire chief executive officer Bill Millard, Corangamite Shire Council mayor Neil Trotter, Moyne Shire mayor Mick Wolfe, 
 Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio, Acciona Australia's Aurora Perez and energy division managing director Brett Wickham visited the Mortlake South Wind Farm to turn the first sod on Friday. Picture: Morgan Hancock
SOD TURNING: Farmer Pat Meade, Moyne Shire chief executive officer Bill Millard, Corangamite Shire Council mayor Neil Trotter, Moyne Shire mayor Mick Wolfe, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio, Acciona Australia's Aurora Perez and energy division managing director Brett Wickham visited the Mortlake South Wind Farm to turn the first sod on Friday. Picture: Morgan Hancock

FIERCE lobbying from Corangamite and Moyne Shire councils on the positioning of transmission lines and poles to wind farms has resulted in a win.

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