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Residents, attorney urge Albany County to halt ConnecGen construction over missing site plan, FAA approvals and noise concerns
Summary
At the March 4, 2025 Albany County Commissioners meeting, residents and an attorney representing nearby landowners said construction has begun at the ConnecGen Rail Tie wind project without required final site plans or documented FAA lighting approvals and warned turbines may violate county noise and setback rules.
At the Albany County Commission meeting on March 4, 2025, an attorney and several residents asked commissioners to halt construction at the ConnecGen Rail Tie wind project, saying the developer is building before providing a required final site plan and before obtaining certain Federal Aviation Administration lighting approvals.
The concern was raised by Mitch Edwards, an attorney with the Nicholson Tangeman law firm, who said the developer “appears to us that they're out moving dirt or . . . digging holes for the location of wind turbines.” Edwards said his clients — identified in his remarks as Michelle White, Mariah White and Steven — had submitted a letter to the county and that construction activity appears to be under way despite the lack of a final site plan the attorney said the approving statute requires.
The lack of a final site…
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