Construction of the Irish Creek Wind Farm will begin soon, NextEra Energy attorney Alan Anderson said Monday after Marshall County commissioners voted to approve four agreements with the company. The agreements included haul routes, buried electric line cabling routes, improvements to county and township roads and bridges, and decommissioning plans for wind tower sites. The improvement agreement states NextEra will pay the county $779,350 to replace five bridges and a culvert within the area where the wind farm is to be built. The affected area will also receive $85,000 per year for 10 years for road use, which will be distributed equitably to the affected townships of Wells, Vermillion, Clear Fork, Noble, Bigelow, Blue Rapids City, Elm Creek and Center.
Source: The Marysville Advocate
