Conservation commission continues hearing on Winter Street landfill solar; residents raise stormwater, wildlife and recreation concerns

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The commission continued the hearing for a proposed ground-mounted solar array at the closed Winter Street landfill after engineers and residents discussed buffer impacts, minor predicted runoff increases and potential effects on recreation and wildlife corridors; the DEP file number remains pending.

The Norwood Conservation Commission on Jan. 8 continued the public hearing on a proposal to place a ground-mounted solar array on the closed Winter Street landfill to Jan. 29, 2025, after engineers described site plans and commissioners and residents raised questions about stormwater, wildlife, access and visual impacts.

Rich Stavazinski of Atlantic Design Engineers, representing the applicant (TES Winter Street Solar 2223 LLC/Engine Energy), said the proposed fenced array would occupy about 9.9 acres of the landfill surface and that roughly 28,000 square feet of work lies within the wetland buffer zones. He described project elements in the buffers as limited to utility poles and lines, a transformer/equipment pad at the north end, part of the fence, and some panel rows: “The only work that we're asking for within the 0 to 25 foot zone…

Conservation commission continues hearing on Winter Street landfill solar; residents raise stormwater, wildlife and recreation concerns

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