Upgrades to public roads are almost complete in the construction area of the Neosho Ridge Wind project, and the developer hopes to begin pouring foundations next week.
Project Manager Chris Weatherford said upgrades are 95 percent complete to public roads that will be used to deliver components to the project’s lay down equipment yards. Work has also started on access roads across private land to reach the sites of 139 windmills in the southwest part of the county around Thayer and Galesburg.
The Neosho Ridge Wind project, developed by Apex Clean Energy, will generate 300 megawatts of electricity when completed.
(Read more: The Chanute Tribune)