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Complaint filed to overturn Borrego Solar project OK on Tihonet Road in Wareham
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BOSTON – A complaint has been filed in Land Court challenging the Planning Board’s approval last month of a solar array project at 140 Tihonet Road on approximately 76 acres proposed by Borrego Solar Systems on land owned by A.D. Makepeace.
The complaint was filed by Margaret E. Sheehan, an attorney who is a volunteer with the Community Land and Water Coalition. The defendants are listed as board members George Barrett, Michael King, Richard Swenson, Michael Baptiste and Russell Motto, as well A.D. Makepeace and Borrego Solar Systems.
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A diagram of the proposed solar field. Photo courtesy: Borrego Solar
Activists from several conservation groups and the President of the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe spoke out against a proposed solar project, saying it would cause irreversible damage to the environment.
At the Feb. 3 Conservation Commission meeting, no representatives of the proposed Borrego solar field were present. The project, set to be located at 140 Tihonet Road, is one of three large arrays planned for land owned by A.D. Makepeace. The three projects total roughly 180 acres in size.
The project has not yet received final approval from the Planning Board, and will be headed for a hearing in front of the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency.