Holton, Kan. (Wibw) – courthouse
The Jeffrey Solar Project is a 5,000 hectare solar arm that was proposed for the construction near the 158th road west of the Potawatomi Reserve of the Prairie Band.
The residents have already sued to stop the project, but according to a judge, they have not proven how the project would harm them significantly.
The public was invited to speak to the Jackson Planning Commission at a public hearing.
The meeting was not expressly geared towards the project, but the concerns about the entire meeting were repeatedly addressed.
According to the developer, Nextera Energy, this project would create at least a thousand new jobs and have the potential to achieve almost two million dollars tax revenue for local communities.
A camp is of the opinion that Jackson Co. Nemaha County's Lead, who already has a large wind farm and has achieved the economic advantages.
“They have harvested millions of dollars of economic development,” said a resident in favor of the project. “So I ask you tonight and will not make you the same mistake in the future that was made in the 1970s and let us grow economically.”
Others claim that it is risky to invest Dollar taxpayers in a project that could possibly fail on the street and that local landowners are not completely taken into account in this matter.
In a resident of the project it says: “Make sure that your regulations take care of the taxpayers in your district before you take care of a Florida company. The regulations are just as good as the paper you were written about.”
According to Nextera Energy, the Jeffery Solar Project is to start operating until February 2030 until local and state approval is available.
The next public hearing is planned on October 2 at 6 p.m. in the Jackson County courthouse.
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