LOGAN City Council and Energex have reached a compromise on the controversial Loganlea to Jimboomba high voltage power line.
The two parties have been locked in negotiations for months after Energex launched legal action following council's decision to reject five operational works permits for the line.
On Tuesday, a majority of the city's councillors agreed to support a compromise with Energex.
Under the deal the number of overhead power line crossings of the Logan River, which has been the most contentious part of the project since it was started in 2008, will be cut from five to three.
This is two more than council's previous push for a route that only crossed the Logan River overhead once but according to council it was "the best outcome possible".
Although unable to secure its preferred route, council did secure some concessions through the negotiations.
They include 3.4 kilometres of overhead lines and poles being shifted off the Logan River floodplain, which cuts the number of properties directly impacted by the river section of the line from 13 to seven.
As well, Energex will pay to put existing low voltage power lines on Anzac Avenue and in the main street of Logan Village underground and has agreed to previously mooted power line realignment works on Camp Cable Road.
Energex will fund all extra costs of the route change, estimated to be $3.8 million.
The total project is budgeted to cost up to $63 million.
Council, which came under fire recently from some power line opponents over how it was approaching the negotiations, was keen to make known its acceptance of the deal was done so begrudgingly.
As well as detailing the deal, the resolution passed on Tuesday noted council "reaffirms its position has always been that it would prefer the whole route for the Energex Loganlea to Jimboomba 110KV network upgrade - Logan River Section, to be underground".
The council also resolved to write to Energy Minister Mark Bailey calling for him to make it compulsory for Energex to consult with councils prior to decisions on power line routes being made in the future.
The deal means legal action over the line between council and Energex in the Planning and Environment Court will stop, saving ratepayers up to $550,000 in legal costs that council says would otherwise have been incurred.
On Friday Energex said it "appreciates Logan City Council’s consultative approach and assistance in reaching an agreement for the electricity upgrade to the growing region".
Crs Phil Pidgeon, Don Petersen and Lisa Bradley voted against the resolution to agree to a deal, with all other councillors supporting it on Tuesday.
