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Residents urge town to block solar panels on capped landfill; site-plan approval fails
Summary
Residents raised environmental, health and notice concerns about a proposed solar installation on a capped landfill behind homes off Indian Road. The town board voted down the projectsite-plan approval (Resolution 2025-9).
Dozens of residents pressed the Cheektowaga Town Board on Jan. 14, 2025, to halt a proposed solar installation planned for a capped landfill at or near 777 Indian Road, arguing it would threaten the landfill cap, neighborhood wildlife and property values. The board rejected the project's site-plan approval later in the meeting.
The matter drew some of the longest public comment of the meeting. "I'm here to speak against the solar firm that is directly behind my house," resident Dawn Fialipsky said during the public-comment period. "We weren't even notified in our neighborhood to come and talk before the zoning board." Fialipsky said homeowners could see the project site from backyards and called the approa ch to public notice unfair.
Other residents urged the board to weigh environmental risks tied to the landfill cap. "The landfill cap is a critical barrier preventing toxic materials such…
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