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Email evidence of aircraft fears
Campaigners against a proposed £40 million wind farm behind Greenock believe they have uncovered ‘damning evidence' about the way the issue is being handled by the Scottish Executive.
They used the Freedom of Information Act to get an email showing the British Airports Authority (BAA) had no intention of withdrawing its objection to the Corlic Hill wind farm.
BAA is worried the giant turbines would interfere with Glasgow Airport's radar and affect aircraft safety.
April 16, 2007
in Greenock Telegraph
Campaigners against a proposed £40 million wind farm behind Greenock believe they have uncovered ‘damning evidence' about the way the issue is being handled by the Scottish Executive.
They used the Freedom of Information Act to get an email showing the British Airports Authority (BAA) had no intention of withdrawing its objection to the Corlic Hill wind farm.
BAA is worried the giant turbines would interfere with Glasgow Airport's radar and affect aircraft safety.
Airtricity wants to erect 22 turbines, each of them 328 feet high, to generate electricity to an average of 40,000 to 50,000 homes.
The email was written on 2 February... [continue via Web link]
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