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Concerns over single turbine
Credit: By John Divinski | Bayshore Broadcasting | August 13, 2014 | www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca ~~
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It’s only one turbine but its recent approval by the province has many Kincardine councillors seeing red.
The Quixote One stand-alone turbine is to be constructed on Bruce County Road 23, near Tiverton and Kincardine CAO Murray Clarke says it could have ramifications on future growth in the area.
Because the turbine did not meet the set-back rules of the municipality of 2,000 metres, it flatly opposed the project and wrote a letter to the ministry stating so.
Clarke says they received no acknowledgement about their letter of concern until a directive was received in late July stating the turbine project had been approved.
He says the location of the turbine could potentially conflict with future growth in the Tiverton and Inverhuron areas, even if it abides by the provincial set-back requirement of 550 metres.
Clarke says they’ve invested millions of dollars in infrastructure in the area on the premise that there would be future development but the turbine approval could throw a wrench into their investment.
The Quixote One project is a single 2.5 megawatt industrial wind turbine project.
Council has instructed staff to get a legal opinion to see if any option is open to the community.
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