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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Biomass plant may still gain approval
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Of course it is going to pass. Politicians can get away with whatever they want. Especially if the developer wants to line their pockets to make it work.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone please let us know how many trucks per day will be going thru:
ReplyDelete1) Main Street Springfield
2) Perkinsville
3) Chester (From all directions)
4) Ludlow
5) Rockingham (103)
6) Gassets
This is truck traffic I am interested in, not how many trucks go down some new side road...It is how do they get there ?????
Chester for instance, currently has it's fair share of trucks, adding to that would be to much in my opinion.
Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus!
ReplyDeleteyou don't think the state spent all that money fixing up 131 for nothing do you? It's coming next BIG dinosaur for the next Generation to deal with. Way to go Springfield your "On the move"
ReplyDeleteThe thunder of rolling trucks is the sound of money. Maybe the nimby people are willing to pay the salary of the 600+ jobs if so good otherwise sell out and get out while you can otherwise you might get stuck in the smog and truck traffic. Go now and be free from all this your destiny awaits you.
ReplyDelete600 plus jobs? That's complete BS. Long term, the plant is going to create about a dozen jobs for locals; the rest are being filled by out of state hires.
DeleteI'll bet you can't find 12 people in Springfield that want to work! We've made it too easy for people in this town (state actually) not to work.
DeleteBuild it. They will come.
ReplyDeleteI say after this goes thru all traffic has to pass the homes of the everyone on the select board who votes this in. each time the driver has to hit the horn to remind them of their decision.
ReplyDeleteHard to beleive there is not a better more remote place to build this thing. my friend who lives near the site is convinced his home value will be dirt with this nearby.
The Select Board does not vote on this or make the decision it is up to the PSB (Public Service Board).
DeleteMore remote than N Springfield? That has sewer/electric? Not many places fit the bill. I'm ready for my free heat. It will help mask the stink from the prison.
ReplyDeleteLook on the bright side Simpsonites....plenty of work for all those laid-off nuke plant workers from Brat. Maybe we can even get Mr Burns to run the joint!!!
ReplyDeleteOk boys and girls - building a power plant in a remote area, which doesn't require power, is pointless. You build a power plant near where the power is used. Like, say - an industrial park!!! Those trucks you see on the road - do you have any idea what they pay in taxes for the privilage of using those roads??? Diesel taxes are huge. Just build the damn thing. Springfield - build new things or DIE!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmen to that! That is exactly the problem in springfield nobody wants anything here but then complain there's no jobs , taxes are high, etc. Well when you have businesses in your town they cover there share of the taxes so your property taxes are less. Springfield will be more remote soon anyways because its gonna be a ghost town without new business and jobs
DeleteI'm looking forward to the free heat. Where else is so depressed that has sewer and electric to support this?
ReplyDeletehome values are already stressed because of the uncertainty. the market always prices in future. i think the solution is to look for another site, like in weston or chester. much more dense forest area and the jobs created there will benefit the entire area including springfield. for those that would like to sign a petition supporting another site in weston, chester or ludlow let me know.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you move there instead.
Deletethey already know where the road is going,why do u think former selectman john hall bought the house across from the entrance ....direct shot from there to rt 10
ReplyDeleteI hear you they bought cheap and will make a good profit.
DeleteBut it's all about the money.
Will my electric bill go down ?
ReplyDeleteOr am I going to get %$#& on both ends of the stick.
Heavy truck traffic and higher electric bills.
Anyone in Springfield who thinks that this plant will lower property taxes is delusional. Pretty sure we can cross that one of the list of all the "dream" benefits of this plant.
ReplyDeleteOk so those right next to the plant get free heat, great for them.
ReplyDeleteWhat do the people just over the town line get?
How far does the free heat go?
Cause you know the saying - Gas, Grass Or A!#, nobody rides for free!
I just can't wait until the smoke stack goes up.
I don't like being able to see landscape....
Can't wait for the smoke...
I guess like anything, there will be winners & losers
Burn Baby Burn
It is not free heat they are saying low cost heat, $2000 to set it up.
Deletere: "Will my electric bill go down?"
ReplyDeleteNo, In their infinite wisdom, our Democrat representatives and Governor have crated legislation mandating alternate energy and forcing utilities to purchase it at inflated rates. For every kwh Green Mtn Power is forced to purchase from this wood furnace, is one less kwh of clean, inexpensive energy they can purchase from Hydro Quebec or VY. Rest assured, the added cost will be passed on to YOU.
I find it entertaining none of our local representatives have voiced any input to this debate, and here's why, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT!!!!
So if you voted for Emmons, Martin, Shumlin and the rest of the Democrats Windsor Country sent to Montpelier, you have only yourself to blame. Love it when the chickens come home to roost.
FYI:
ReplyDeleteThe new owners of this new plant are laughing at this whole bolg.
Money gets in their pockets, smoke gets in your eyes.
Oh well that new CEO has a boat payment, so please feel sorry for him or her (who lives no where near here). Just bone up and lay back and breath deeply, watch the trucks go by and rub the smoke from yer eyes.
And oh yesssss pay yer increase in electricty (to help for the boat)
All the while the town management hides in the brush that will soon be cut down and burnt to add to that pollution.
6:58, you must be confusing what you thought was smoke for the tears of joy in our eyes at the prospect of positive change in Springfield.
DeleteI love the sound of thundering trucks in the morning... It sounds like VICTORY!
ReplyDeleteTruck traffic in Springfield, baby! Manna from heaven!
ReplyDeleteOne note on this free heat stuff being talked around here.
ReplyDeleteA coworker of mine told me that it would cost a homeowner around 5 to 6 grand to hook up to the free heat.
It is steam that they plant would provide, it's not a pipe pumping out just plain old heat.
While I'm not sure of the costs, you would need to run a connection to the main line & retro fit you heating system to handle the steam.
I have no idea what that entails but you know it not going to be as cheap as they make it sound.
Build it. Burn it. Behold its benefits!
ReplyDeleteI like POSITIVE change:
ReplyDelete1) 25 new positive jobs. Stoke them burners, shovel them chips.
2) Hear them trucks and shut yer lips.
3) Free steam for a few, costly electric for the rest.
4) Lots of mula in the pocket of the greedy owners vest.
5) A big new stack, chugging out the CO2.
Now all of this is POSITIVE, is this true.............??????????????
I would gladly spend $5-6K to upgrade my house for steam heat...I pay between $2,500 and $3,000 a year in oil costs...that's a pretty quick payback.
ReplyDeleteGee maybe if they connected it to the newly installed sewer system, everyone could get steam heat right out of the "bowl".
ReplyDeleteThose without a bowl could stand over the man covers on main street!!!
One good payback of the prison is possible, just think....
It will be a shame if NoSag kills this deal, its one of the best projects that have been proposed in Springfield in some time. If they finance a truck route to the industrial park, they will have opened up the industrial park for even more industry. Isn't that what industrial parks are for?
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