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Rootville residents report surveying work, urge county to clarify whether solar‑battery project will proceed
Summary
Residents at the March 4 Carroll County Board meeting said workers from a company called Bowman have been surveying a property owned by JA Rally LLC and that a utility was marking lines; speakers urged the county to confirm whether a previously withdrawn rezoning is restarting and warned of environmental and service impacts.
At the Board of Commissioners meeting March 4, Rootville residents used the public‑comment period to report new activity on land owned by JA Rally LLC and to press county officials for clarity about a possible solar and battery‑storage development.
Diane Merrill, a Rootville resident, told the board she had observed crews from a company identified as Bowman doing site work on the property and that utility crews had been marking phone lines and performing 811 locates. Merrill said the owner had previously submitted and then withdrawn a rezoning request for the agricultural parcel at the end of Glenlock Road.
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