History will show the Wellington councillors last night failed the local community and the environment with their lack of vision and courage to support renewable energy. Instead they pandered to a noisy minority who are only concerned about themselves and who treat the general community with contempt.
Gippsland Times & Maffra Spectator
Tuesday 17/10/2006, Page: 5
An application for a wind farm at Devon North, near Yarram, has been recommended for approval by a Wellington Shire Council officer. The officer recommended nine turbines be approved on steel towers no greater than 80 metres in height with rotor blades no more than 46m in length.
The recommendation for approval by the council officer carried with it four pages of conditions for approval. The application took extra time to arrive at a council meeting after council requested more documentation from the applicants.
The application concedes there may be "some deaths to birds and bats" and some vegetation would be removed along the lines connecting the wind farm to the electricity grid.
Councillors will vote to approve or refuse the wind farm application at tonight's meeting in the council offices from 6pm.
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