Applicant tells Surry planners construction traffic for BESS would be much lower than solar projects
Applicant representatives told the commission that construction traffic for the Bear Island BESS would involve roughly 75–90 modular containers with about 2–3 heavy deliveries per day during a short delivery window, and that deliveries could be restricted and managed through a traffic management plan with flaggers at narrow points.
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Commissioners asked whether the battery project would create the same road impacts previously seen with some solar projects. The applicant representative said construction traffic will be substantially lower than a utility-scale solar installation because battery modules are delivered in fewer, larger containers and are installed modularly.
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