“As the court concludes, the town was unable to provide any research or any results of its deliberations on the many issues raised by a decision to industrialize the town,” said Gary Abraham, one of the attorneys for the group. The Town of Freedom sought to encourage industrial wind farms. The Comprehensive Plan targets new industrial development in the county’s population centers, but recommends rural areas be kept rural, as their amenities support seasonal and other recreational use and maintain property values and the tourism industry.
The current board majority neglected to follow appropriate laws and procedures.”įreedom United brought the suit, successfully alleging that the Freedom Town Board wrongfully disregarded the Cattaraugus County Planning Board, which asked the town to rescind the wind law in order to address whether any new wind law is consistent with the county’s Comprehensive Plan. “It offers an opportunity for better protections in the wind law. “This is a win for all Freedom residents,” said Stephanie Milks, president of Freedom United, the group of industrial wind turbine opponents. State Supreme Court Judge Terrence Parker ruled the Freedom Town Board acted illegally in approving its new wind law at the urging of Invenergy, the developer of the proposed 340-megawatt wind farm spread across five towns. Pending appeal, a decision handed down in state Supreme Court Monday could spell the beginning of the end of the proposed $775 million Alle-Catt Wind Farm.
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