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Residents press panel on road impacts, construction funding and economic losses as PG&E plans dam removals
Summary
During a Mendocino workshop, residents and tribal members raised concerns about construction truck traffic, road damage, lost tourism and fairness of shifting decommissioning costs; panelists said management plans and mitigation measures will be developed through CEQA/NEPA and PG&E's management plans, and that capital funding for replacement facilities has not yet been secured.
Public commenters at a Mendocino County workshop pressed the panel on practical and economic impacts of PG&E's proposed decommissioning and the construction needed to implement a replacement diversion.
Concerns included the number of heavy trucks that would travel Potter Valley roads during dam removal and material hauling, the absence of capital construction funds for the proposed NERF and storage projects, and economic losses from reduced recreation at Lake Pillsbury and the surrounding campgrounds.
A local resident asked: "If there's…
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