A group of residents say local officials failed to properly assess environmental and safety hazards in granting an easement to build a power line through the town of Wainscott on Long Island.
A wind farm like this one in the North Sea could be built off the coast of New York.
LONG ISLAND (CN) — Plans to build the country’s largest wind farm off the coast of Long Island stumbled Tuesday after residents filed a petition to stop construction of a route to carry power from the turbines.
Residents of the hamlet of Wainscott claim the East Hampton Town Board approved a transmission cable running through the town, which would connect to the $1.6 billion wind farm, without first doing a full environmental or safety review.