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Monmouth solar project planned on 55 acres gets OK from Planning Board Two days after a moratorium that would have halted the project was defeated, the project planned on Ridge Road received board approval with draft conditions. Share MONMOUTH — Just two days after the proposed Longroad Development Co. solar project on Ridge Road survived a vote on a proposed moratorium that would have stopped it, the 55-acre project got Planning Board approval. Planning Board chairperson Steve O’Donnell said Monday that the project got approval on March 11, and no members of the public spoke in oppositi...
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 wou...
Read Article MONMOUTH — A proposed 55-acre solar array could be on its way to Ridge Road, but a moratorium on the March 9 ballot could stop it in its tracks. The solar array project is being planned out by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development company that is also working on a 42-acre solar installation in Augusta. Longroad is contracting the project with Bath Iron Works, which will be the sole recipient of the power. The website touts the benefit of the project to Monmouth is “an additional source of tax revenue with no additional burden to town services....