Posted on 12/28/2004 2:25:30 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
BOSTON (AP)-Town leaders in the Cape Cod community of Yarmouth have long been on record opposing the wind farm proposed for the waters off its beaches, even passing a resolution two years ago expressing their disapproval for the plan to erect 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.
But the Yarmouth Board of Selectmen also quietly negotiated with Cape Cod Wind Associates for a raft of benefits worth millions. If the $700 million project gets federal and state approval, underwater transmission lines would come ashore in Yarmouth and tie into the electrical grid.
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Just hedging their bets!
BTTT!!!!
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