SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners approved a construction permit variance that extends the completion date of the county’s portion of a multistate power transmission line.

The commissioners unanimously approved extending the TransWest Express construction permit deadline from Oct. 9 to Dec. 31, 2030 during their meeting Tuesday morning. The transmission line project encompasses 732 miles of high-voltage transmission line from substations outside of Sinclair to substations at the southern tip of Nevada.

According to Kassidee Brown, a planner in the Sweetwater County Land Use Office, the county only issues construction permits for 18-month durations. The construction of the full transmission line is expected to take several years.

Nancy Smith, the di

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