SmarterSolarNJ.com with over 457 signatures would like to thank the public who signed our petition to stop MCCC’s $40 million massive solar facility in a residential community.
Since the news coverage of our lawsuit, we have seen a 15 percent increase in signatures already. The public awareness is growing with respect to the irresponsibility of MCCC’s large scale 33,000 solar panel project. There has been no due process, no courtesy planning board review (as promised) and no public hearing.
As a result, this industrial sized project has numerous factual discrepancies and has absolutely no accountability from SunLight General. It is very disturbing that homeowners on South Post and Old Trenton Roads will have solar panels placed less than 300 feet from their homes, a “football field away” promise broken by MCCC and MCIA. In fact, homeowners will have thousands of solar panels as close as 50 to 75 feet.
It is unfortunate that this tributary of the Assunpink, an area full of wetlands and streams, will be damaged and destroyed. The stormwater runoff and drainage concerns will be paramount for our area and Lake Mercer. It is irresponsible of Mercer County to upset an environmentally sensitive area and destroy over 130 trees for a “green” initiative.
Many policy makers agree with SmarterSolarNJ.com and SIMPLY would have liked for this project to have been placed over MCCC’s parking lots.
We are disappointed but we are dedicated to preserving farmland and protecting wetlands. We think it’s a disgrace to destroy 45 acres of prime historic farmland in the name of MCCC’s renewable energy program. This is tragic!
Teresa Lourenco
South Post Road, West Windsor
