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Company would pay for wind farm road damage
When wind turbines begin to fill the skyline of northeastern Columbia County, We Energies will pay to fix any damage to Columbia County roads that the construction might cause. ...Gravel roads would be built on the leased farmland where the Glacier Hills turbines would be built. Construction crews would use town and county roads (mostly concrete or asphalt) to haul their equipment to and from the site.
March 31, 2010
by Lyn Jerde
in Daily Register
When wind turbines begin to fill the skyline of northeastern Columbia County, We Energies will pay to fix any damage to Columbia County roads that the construction might cause.
The County Board's highway committee didn't have a chance Thursday morning to read through the ream of paperwork that Andrew Hesselbach, wind farm project manager for We Energies, brought to the meeting, so the committee did not ratify any specifics of the company's agreement.
Basically, Hesselbach said, the agreement - similar to one in the works with officials of the Columbia County towns of Scott and Randolph - calls for We Energies to... [continue via Web link]
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