No opposition showed up for a state hearing on a proposed solar farm in the towns of Darien and Bradford on Thursday afternoon.
The 250-megawatt Darien Solar project is expected to comprise a series of interconnected fields stretching from the western outskirts of Delavan into the Rock County town of Bradford.
John Lader, a former chairman of the La Prairie Town Board, testified in favor of the project, saying it would produce payments of about $1 million a year to Rock and Walworth counties and the two towns, which would help them pay for roads and other services while controlling the tax levy âwithout giving up our rural heritage.â