ADAMS TWP — As FirstEnergy prepares to install a new transmission line in Cranberry and Adams townships, the company is considering a number of routes the new line might take.

Of the nine alternative routes, six follow the existing Cabot-Cranberry 500 kilovolt transmission line almost entirely, with slight deviations as to which side the new lines would fall along the existing route.

This existing line stretches from the existing Cranberry substation through the townships until it meets the Maple-Pine 69 kilovolt line in Adams Township.

Company spokesman Chris Eck said if a route along the existing line is chosen, the company may not need to extend the right of way in all areas and might be able to use existing infrastructure to hang the lines, with new poles supplementing those structures in areas where it's needed.

Read more about this project in the Butler Eagle.