A pair of representatives for Enel Green Power and a pair from Kirkham Michael were asked to appear before county commissioners Monday to discuss concerns about roads surrounding the Diamond Vista wind farm. If the county compiles a list of roads needing work because of the wind farm, Enel’s area construction manager, Steve Williams, and workers can start improvements, Commissioner Becker said.
Some of the county’s requests are going to Res America Construction, Inc., which also work swith the wind farm.
“I want to make sure the communication comes directly to me,” Williams said. “If you tell Res, ‘Please blade 340th,’ and we don’t know about it, then we can’t enforce it.” Some of the roads were redone shortly before Enel moved in, commissioner Randy Dallke said.
“We went in ahead of the project trying to rebuild roads for you,” he said. “We just want to be paid back what it’s worth.” Invoices worth $25,000 were given to Williams for work the county did on roads within the agreement, for which the county requested compensation.
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