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Residents urge county scrutiny of Rail Tie/ConnectGen wind project amid federal lawsuit
Summary
Public commenters at the Albany County Commission meeting pressed officials to investigate construction activity tied to the Rail Tie (ConnectGen, now Repsol) project and raised claims of inadequate Section 106/110 mitigation; commissioners said county jurisdiction is limited and legal challenges are pending in federal court.
Several residents told the Albany County Board of County Commissioners on the first meeting of 2025 that construction on the Rail Tie wind project appears to be under way and that they are concerned the developer has not complied with required mitigation steps.
“My name is Richard Dow. I do live in Albany County, and I just wanted to ask about the progress of the rail tie wind project. It appears they've begun construction, and some of us are concerned that they have done so without meeting all the conditions that they were supposed to,” said Richard Dow, an Albany County resident who addressed commissioners during the…
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