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Select Board hears progress on ADLS testing and blade removals after turbine failure
Summary
Board members and state senators reported Vineyard Wind will test the first 12 ADLS (aviation detection light system) units next week and that blade‑removal work is accelerating; residents pressed for better communication and enforcement of the Good Neighbor Agreement over persistent lighting and other impacts.
During Select Board announcements, a board speaker announced a Vineyard Wind update and described a short testing and removal timeline the company had given to town officials.
“Breaking news,” the Select Board speaker said during the meeting: “I talked to the CEO of Vineyard Wind at 04:45PM. And, they are testing the first 12 sets of ADLS next week. So we should expect the first 12 turbines to go dark at night with the ADLS system, assuming that they… are sending a helicopter over next week to test that.” The speaker added that new turbines will be commissioned with ADLS active.
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