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Residents voice concerns as Pivot Energy presents proposed solar farms on airport parcels
Summary
Pivot Energy presented two solar-array proposals on Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority parcels; residents raised concerns about visibility, runoff, fire safety, panel recycling and potential industrial follow-on uses. The board took the map-amendment request under advisement and did not rezoning vote tonight.
Seth Schafer, a representative of Pivot Energy, told East Allen Township supervisors that the company is seeking consideration of a zoning map amendment for two airport-authority-owned parcels on Weaversville Road and Pheasant Road to allow agricultural zoning and eventual conditional-use review for solar farms. Schafer described typical projects as 1–5 megawatts (roughly 5–30 acres), typically operated remotely with a 20-year lease and decommissioning requirements.
The presentation drew repeated concerns from nearby residents about the projects’ scale and local impacts. "The owners of the land, Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority, they are not your friends nor are they friends of this community," said Robert Beisher, a Weaversville Road resident, who listed aesthetic harm,…
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