A new solar farm proposal has surfaced in south Montgomery County.
, which prompted packed community meetings filled with residents concerned about property values and environmental issues. The new proposal is coming from a different company known as“I’m sure they’re going to meet with the community like the other one did before, but I’m sure there’s going to be a lot more people against it than that’s going to be for it,” said Montgomery County Commission Chairman Doug Singleton.
The project is just off U.S. 331 north of the Snowdoun community. While it’s in a rural area, it’s still within Montgomery’s police jurisdiction. “They have to go before the board of adjustments to be re-zoned to allow this from agriculture to the business part of it,” Singleton said. “This one’s going to be in the hands of the city.”A map of the project shows the proposed solar farm in red. The vertical line in between the project and main road is a set of railroad tracks, so the farm would not be as easily seen from the highway. Still, Singleton says he thinks the land could be put to better use.
“I’m totally against using that property to provide one or two very low-paying jobs. I don’t want to tie up our beautiful farmland that we’ve used for cows and cattle and agriculture,” he said. The proposal is for an 80-megawatt facility, and one property owner estimates it would cover about 900 acres.
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