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Some residents still oppose power line
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Georgia Power continues preparing to build a new power line that will serve Baxter International’s $1 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on the Newton/Walton county line, but a group of residents just south of Social Circle say they’ll resist efforts to come across their property. The power company is looking at a slight alternative that could reroute the power line off a handful of residents’ properties on Willow Springs Church Road, but the majority of property owners on the road would still be affected. The proposed 115-KV transmission line route starts from the under-construction