Monmouth voters defeat moratorium that would have halted commercial solar projects On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article, which allows progress to continue on a proposed solar project on Ridge Road. Share MONMOUTH — Voters defeated a proposed moratorium halting commercial solar facilities, allowing a proposal for a 55-acre facility on Ridge Road to proceed. On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article. That measure was placed on the ballot in response to a project planned by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development firm, that would place about 36 acres of solar equipment, including 8-foot-high panels, on 55 acres of leased land at 483 Ridge Road, and produce 4.95 megawatts exclusively for Bath Iron Works.