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Residents raise dust, traffic and compliance concerns tied to solar-farm road-use agreements
Summary
Residents and commissioners debated road-use agreements for nearby solar projects, with complaints focused on dust from cement trucks and whether construction traffic was confined to bonded roads; county staff said earlier issues had largely been resolved but agreed to monitor enforcement and signage.
Several residents and commissioners raised concerns about road-use agreements tied to solar-farm construction south of New Lebanon.
A resident asked whether agreements exist for a site on 600 South and about enforcement when contractors use alternate routes. Commissioners and an agency official discussed how some projects (for example, Dereva and Hartland projects noted in the meeting) have separate road-use agreements and bonded roads for construction traffic. The agency official said roads bonded for a given developer are available to that developer’s construction traffic and urged adherence to those terms.
One resident and a commissioner reported complaints about cement trucks creating dust and spreading material across local roads. The resident asked how the county could require better dust control; the agency official said he had received complaints about concrete trucks and would continue to work to confine construction traffic to approved routes and to enforce conditions in road-use agreements. The agency official added that initial route-use issues have mostly been mitigated through ongoing coordination.
Commissioners requested clarification of which roads are restricted by agreement, which are bonded for contractor access, and whether signage was being placed properly; staff recommended continued monitoring and coordination with project managers to limit neighborhood impacts.
