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Parties come to gusty blows over wind farm roads
Liberal Member for Western Victoria Simon Ramsay wants wind energy companies to take responsibility for the impact they have on rural roads. ...This follows an estimate by Moyne Shire Council that construction traffic to the Macarthur wind farm had left it with road repair bills totalling between $50 million and $60m.
September 22, 2012
by Paula Doran
in Stock & Land
Liberal Member for Western Victoria Simon Ramsay wants wind energy companies to take responsibility for the impact they have on rural roads.
Mr Ramsay raised the issue in Parliament last week, saying shires had underestimated the impact of wind farm developments on their roads.
This follows an estimate by Moyne Shire Council that construction traffic to the Macarthur wind farm had left it with road repair bills totalling between $50 million and $60m.
Mr Ramsay said the previous State Government gave development permits without appropriate protection for rural roads.
"It is only now councils are waking up to the mess created... [continue via Web link]
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