An MLA representing residents who will be affected by a high-powered transmission line has broken his silence, and come forward with his opinion on the project.

"I don't see my position as being anti-government," PC Strathcona MLA Dave Quest said Thursday. "My position is clear, I don't agree with the AUC decision."

Quest is coming forward a day after the Alberta Utilities Commission approved the 500 kilovolt, 65 kilometre line, which would lead from south Edmonton to near Fort Saskatchewan.

The MLA's main problem with the transmission line is the choice of the AUC to not bury the line.

However, he said he couldn't speak up while the judicial process continued.

"It was a frustrating period for me," Quest said. "It was a judicial process, [and] I had no role in that process,

"[I] had to be relatively reserved in my comments."

Residents who will be directly affected by the 30 storey tall power lines think not enough was done to represent their views.

"Somebody [needed] to speak up for us," Chery Ann Hoffmeyer, a 25-year resident of the area said. "That didn't happen, at least on the government level,

"It's destroying our neighbourhood, it's destroying our property values, [and] it's destroying our community,

"It's appalling."

Strathcona County is considering its legal options to appeal the AUC decision, and said that information will be available soon.

Epcor said construction on the transmission line could begin as soon as next month.

With files from Kevin Armstrong