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Good! Build it on #MackPoint, not #SearsIsland! Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island

by Stephen Singer
October 22, 2024

"Rolf Olsen, vice president of the board of #FriendsOfSearsIsland, which manages a portion of the island set aside for #conservation, and an opponent of the Sears Island proposed site, said the federal decision 'would appear to be a significant financial blow' to develop the manufacturing facility.

"'We’re somewhat encouraged that the state’s port development grant application was turned down, especially since it only considered developing Sears Island and not Mack Point,' he said.

Source:
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/22/feds-reject-maines-456-million-request-to-build-wind-port-at-sears-island/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/ej9E4

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#ProtectWahsumkik #EndangeredSpecies

Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island

Sears Island is Maine's preferred site because the state owns a 100-acre property where a wind port would be built, avoiding lease payments at nearby Mack Point.
Patrick Horne (Press Herald)
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LukefromDC
They must be stupid to think they can save money by building from scratch on wild land instead of using a site that already has piers and rail service for this.

Would that one road the map shows to Sears Island even be able to handle a bunch of fully loaded semis carrying wind turbine parts. To get them there by truck they still have to get them off the railroad somewhere, probably at Mack Point anyway.

They must be penny smart and dollar foolish. Just look at the fucking map. The turbines are useful, destroying wild land to reduce the first-year cost of installing them is not.
Map showing the pier and rail service available at Mack Point but not at Sears Island
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DoomsdaysCW
Yes, building a bigger road was part of the plan. And all that development right next to the protected area. Not good! Mack Point makes a lot more sense, and Sprague Energy, who has a big presence there, was on board with being part of it. But nooooo... It's the same kind of thinking with the Gorham Connector -- let's built it on undeveloped land rather than developed land (or better yet, have rapid transit buses and / or light rail)! It makes no sense from a conservation standpoint! Which is the lends every project should be viewed through (imho)!
DoomsdaysCW
Both #MTA (Maine Turnpike Authority) and #MDOT (Maine Dept of Transportation) have a lot of palms to grease with regards to giving contractors work to build new highways through farms and woods, or develop undeveloped places. The former director of the MTA got in trouble for accepting bribes from contractors. I'm sure the culture hasn't changed though.
#mdot #mta
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