As it's not far from the enormous Edward Whymper statue we thought it might be another sculpture. But not a very good one....
{A new sculpture?..............}
An information board told us all about it in rather complicated French. A rough translation was made.
The electricity line to this area of the Durance Valley was last upgraded in the 1930s. To keep up with modern demands a new one is needed. It cannot all be undergrounded and so new pylons will be erected to carry the high-voltage cables over ground.
Mindful of environmental concerns and as it will be in the National Park area, a new 'architect' designed pylon is to be used. The board explains that the new ones will be 'almost' invisible from 300 m away.
{The information panel}
Someone has already scrawled comments over it questioning the figures used.
The new pylon design has been named the 'Haute Durance' and will be used in 'sensitive' areas. There's no indication of how the lines will be attached linking one pylon to the next or how many there will be.
Well, you can't see it very well if you screw your eyes up and squint through your eyelashes............................
2 comments:
That was interesting. Same ol' same ol'....
At least they are trying to make them nice, not like Beauly-Denny.
Might look like a washing line....
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