The Augusta County Planning Commission voted 4-3 against recommending to the Board of Supervisors that the 880-acre, 83 megawatt energy system was in “substantial accord” with the county’s comprehensive plan.
VDOT is asking for your input to come up with a plan to make Route 33 East safer for pedestrians and vehicles.
Page County has been here before with the landfill, the proposed Fibrowatt development and the failed industrial park. Let’s do better this go around.
We applaud the restoration of funding to the county’s Conservation Easement Authority (CEA) to ensure Shenandoah County’s continued progress in land preservation – a community-wide benefit.
Chapman Landing to the northern border of Seven Bends State Park will be officially recognized for its natural, scenic, historic and recreational values as one of Virginia’s most valuable rivers.
The group has met several times to wrestle with the issues to consider for citing a good solar project AND balancing the interests of the county’s primary economies of agriculture and tourism.
We’ve learned since our last post that Page County Supervisors will consider three different solar ordinances at their meeting tomorrow.
We commend Augusta County for the time and effort put into making sure solar projects in the county are well-sited and successful and that valuable natural resources and the quality of life of our communities are included in local planning efforts.
We are very concerned that the carefully crafted protections in the ordinance may be removed and/or weakened.
Work has begun again along Happy Creek, following a revised erosion and sediment control plan and the posting of work plans and permits on site as required.
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