David Wittner and his family live along Brockway Road in the Town of Frankfort. Their property is right in line with New York Regional Interconnect's alternate route.

"Now we're talking about driving under them on our way home and having them on the back edge of our property," said David Wittner, Upstate NY Citizen's Alliance. "We have good friends on Higby Road and it will be right in their backyard, and it's wrong."

Wittner says everyone needs to be ready for a big fight because he believes NYRI doesn't really intend to use its primary route. Instead he feels the company is hoping to quietly slide into the alternate route when everyone is celebrating a successful block through Utica and New Hartford.

"When they announced the proposed route that went through Utica and New Hartford, Nobody on Brockway road or Higby or anywhere in Frankfort or Schuyler thought for a minute that that's the real way it's going to go," said Wittner.

According to Wittner, while it may be easy to pit Herkimer and Oneida County against one another, that approach doesn't help anyone. But at least in some small way, a battle line has been drawn. Town Supervisor Joseph Kinney says Frankfort has done its fair share.

"Some people called this the son of Marcy South," said Kinney. "I believe it is."

20 years ago, Marcy South cut a 10-mile path through the township, Kinney says once is enough. "We felt the impact of transmission lines. In my opinion it's had adverse impact on our environment. It's had an adverse impact on the growth and development of the town."

The public is encourage to attend an informational meeting tonight at the Frankfort Schuyler Central School concerning the proposed power line construction. The alternate route for the power line travels through the town of Frankfort. The Town Supervisor wants to update the public on New York Region Interconnect's application status with the Public Service Commission. Currently they have submitted an application for the power line to be built through New Hartford and South Utica. But if that application is denied, NYRI would go forward with its alternate route.

"What we need to do from a town of Frankfort/Herkimer County perspective is how this is going to impact our area and what issues do we have to address to ensure we have proper place of format and be apart of the decision making process for the Public Service Commission's review," said Joseph Kinney, Frankfort town Supervisor.