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Planning board advances comprehensive plan work and raises airport, solar policy questions
Summary
Members reviewed the comprehensive plan update, set a May target for completion, and flagged airport land-use limits and solar decommissioning as topics for further planning-board input.
The Caribou Planning Board reviewed progress on the city’s comprehensive plan March 13 and asked members to submit comments ahead of the next meeting so the board can finalize a future land-use section it hopes to complete by May.
Board members discussed several substantive planning topics that will shape the future land-use plan: the riverfront project, development near the hospital and existing apartment projects, FAA restrictions on airport property, and the potential conversion of farmland for solar development — including decommissioning and bonding requirements.
Planning staff said maps and draft sections have been circulated to consultants (the…
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