A drop in session was held at the Highlands Hub on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May. Conducted by Iberdrola Australia as part of project feasibility investigations, this initial community engagement was for a potential windfarm located approximately 10km west of Glen Innes on the Waterloo range.
The proposed area, outlined in red in the above map, occupies approximately 1900ha of land with black dash at 2km buffer and blue dash at 5km buffer with most current dwellings indicated by yellow boxes.
The drop-in session was essentially a meet and greet and to pass information onto interested persons. A series of one-on-one meetings with landowners within the proposed area is expected to happen shortly, as early as next week. The investigation area is located on the same land that was previously investigated for the Glen Innes Wind Farm. The number of turbines and total capacity is under evaluation with technical studies and additional investigations of the proposed site remaining to be undertaken.
When the News attended the session on Thursday afternoon, discussion with surrounding landowners was in progress with very little obvious support for the proposal being observed.
The News was subsequently informed that a website has been established rallying early opposition at https://furracabad-matheson-voice.com.au
