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Airport board ready to fight wind turbine locations
Airport board chairman Charlie Tatham says the board had been under the impression the turbines were sited south of Hwy. 91, and was surprised to find at least one turbine proposed for a location within two kilometres of the main runway.
The turbine poles are about 500 feet tall.
July 9, 2011
by Morgan Ian Adams
in The Barrie Examiner
COLLINGWOOD -- Airplanes and windmills don't mix.
That's the message the Collingwood Regional Airport board hopes to take to a public meeting this Wednesday that will hear comments on the W.P.D. Wind Turbines' Fairview Wind Farm Project.
W.P.D. is proposing to put up turbines throughout the north-central part of Clearview Township.
Airport board chairman Charlie Tatham says the board had been under the impression the turbines were sited south of Hwy. 91, and was surprised to find at least one turbine proposed for a location within two kilometres of the main runway.
The turbine poles are about 500 feet tall.
Tatham says if the... [continue via Web link]
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