The Lyon County Commission signed two agreements with Reading Wind Energy, LLC related to an ongoing wind farm project in Reading during a meeting Thursday morning at the courthouse.
The wind farm is a project of RES Americas and has been a point of discussion off and on for nearly a decade. Planning and Zoning Director Sam Seeley said the county needed to sign a Road Use Maintenance Agreement and Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement in order to move forward with the project.
“In process of doing [the Reading Wind Farm project] they’ve been using county roads,” Seeley said. “There may be some maintenance that needs to be done to either repair or fix up a road or a structure on that road. This is an agreement usually done with wind construction companies so that the assets that are out there are protected and taken care of during this process. This is not a normal use of our roads.”
(Read more: Emporia Gazette)