Opposition against Galloo Island Wind Farm grows
As the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm project moves closer to becoming a reality, the opposition against it continues to rise and spread to neighboring counties. Our Katie Gibas tells us what the biggest issues are for residents all along the Lake Ontario coast.
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PULASKI, N.Y. -- The Opposition is growing, and growing quickly against the idea of wind farms in the communities along Lake Ontario.
"This is the first time that we've been invited into Oswego County. The Coalition essentially could double by the end of this meeting," said Karl Williams, Coalition For Preservation of the Golden Crescent.
More than 100 people met Saturday morning to discuss the proposed Galloo Island wind farm and the transmission line that would carry the power.
Proponents of the wind farm argue that the project will create jobs and bring millions of dollars into the county, but others worry about what it will do to the fishing, boating and other recreation in the area.
People living here in Pulaski are concerned about the precedent the Galloo Island wind farm will set and what the transmission line will do to the aesthetics and tourism in their community.
"Pulaski spent many, many dollars putting all of their infrastructure underground, and the last thing you want to do is come up with an unsightly transmission line and going across what you just spent millions to protect," said Williams.
"This transmission line is proposed to be 1000 megawatts when it's completed. Galloo Island takes up 240 megawatts. They're going to sell the rest of the right to the transmission line. We don't know what those other projects are," said Shawn Doyle, Oswego County Legislator.
Another option that's on the table is to run the transmission line underwater all the way from Galloo Island to Scriba instead of over land from Henderson to Pulaski.