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Residents press Bangor commission on marsh trails, water quality and solar decommissioning as staff outlines standards
Summary
Residents urged the Pinjazuak advisory commission to address overgrown marsh-side trails, historical water-quality issues and long-term risks from solar arrays; staff said the overlay imposes stricter setbacks and that utility-scale arrays typically require decommissioning bonds.
At a meeting of a Bangor City advisory commission, residents raised multiple concerns about public access to marshside greenspace, historic water-quality monitoring, and long-term risks from utility-scale solar installations.
Several residents described a once-maintained walking park between the Comfort Inn and nearby commercial lots that has become overgrown since city maintenance ended. "They took over maintaining it when the city stopped, and then it just it was too much for them…
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