A plan for the site. Photo courtesy: Beales and Thomas
The Planning Board postponed a vote on the Borrego solar field proposed for A.D. Makepeace land on Tihonet Road following conversations about the company’s right to remove sand and gravel from the site.
As discussed at the March 8 Planning Board meeting, the proposal calls for roughly two million cubic yards of sand and gravel to be removed from the land to prepare it for the installation of solar panels. While the applicant, represented by Stacy Minihane of Beales and Thomas, argued that removal was necessary, conservation advocates, including Meg Sheehan of the Community Land and Water Coalition, said that the solar field was a mere cover story for the strip mining of the land.