He argued more money needed to be spent now in order for the garden to pay its way in the future and said the quality of the garden justified "drawing a line under the present situation".

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"The evaluation concluded that any undergrounding of the main 400kV line cannot be justified on the grounds of cost, technical difficulties and very limited environmental benefits, " its report said.

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And, if the Ceyhan route cannot be justified, the obvious alternative is to build an extra line to Supsa in Georgia.

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