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Fears wind farm will hit property values
Twenty-five people fired their concerns at TrustPower major projects manager Deion Campbell and environmental officer Ryan Piddington about a project they said has divided the community.
TrustPower hopes to build the $500 million wind farm on nine properties in the hills behind Mataura. ...
The land owners' biggest concern is the impact the wind farm will have on their property prices.
TrustPower had "handsomely" compensated those people whose land would be used for the turbines while neighbours had been left in the cold. The consequences for them were only negative with pristine views spoiled and fears that noise from the turbines would cause a drop in property values.
October 19, 2007
by Sonia Gerken
in The Southland Times
The battle lines have been drawn as a small community near Gore prepares to take on power giant TrustPower over its proposed wind farm.
TrustPower hopes to next week lodge a resource consent application with the Gore District Council for a wind farm at Kaiwera Downs, 15km south-east of Gore, and at a meeting in Mataura on Thursday night it was obvious not everyone was happy.
Twenty-five people fired their concerns at TrustPower major projects manager Deion Campbell and environmental officer Ryan Piddington about a project they said has divided the community.
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