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Pecan Plantation resident warns of safety and property risks from proposed solar and battery project
Summary
At the March 14 workshop, resident Bob Taber raised concerns that a proposed solar farm and battery storage across the river from Pecan Plantation lacks a confirmed location and could pose evacuation and firefighting challenges; county staff said permitting rests with state agencies and the county has limited authority, while the court has asked the legislature for potential setback authority.
Bob Taber, a resident of Pecan Plantation who said he speaks for himself and not his homeowners association, told the commissioners March 14 he is worried that a proposed solar farm and battery storage facility across the river could create safety, ecological and property-value problems if its location and routing are not coordinated with the county's planned roads.
"If these things have problems, you know, we're gonna have evacuation issues, possibly," Taber said during public comment, adding concern about toxic materials in lithium batteries and firefighting capacity: "that stuff blows up and get up to…
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