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BLAIR HILL WIND FARM – A large number of local people arrived\u00a0 at the Wigtown County Buildings to view the proposals for aN Industrial Turbine SITE (BLAIR HILL WIND FARM) development in the Galloway Hills.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Blair Hill a proposed developement by RES held a public engagement event on Wednesday, which came after another one at Newton Stewart on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RES, who are based in Hertfordshire, are looking to construct 22 turbines up to 820 feet high around Blair Hill. It is proposed for moorland and woodland north of Old Minnigaff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Wigtown, Hands Off Our Hills members held a vigil outside as the event began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wigtown man Tony Riden<\/mark><\/strong> said: \u201cI have worked in nature conservation for 35 years and am a member of Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Scottish Ornithology Club and the RSPB.  The moor is precious habitat and home to species like golden eagle, curlew, marsh harrier, golden plover and redshank.  There has also been black grouse recorded on Barclye Moor.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the hall, construction worker David Cannon<\/mark><\/strong>, also from Wigtown, was undecided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI\u2019m on the fence about the whole thing. I see it from a construction point of view and the work it would bring to the firm I would work for and other firms round about.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I know the turbines are very much in your face and I can understand the arguments why they are unacceptable.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam Hughes<\/mark><\/strong> from Newton Stewart was firmly against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cI\u2019m stone mad. What about all the peat beds getting dug out for the turbine foundations? The water that the peat would otherwise soak up running into the rivers?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campaigners: Angela and Sheron Not Only Fighting The Turbines But Also The Weather <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arthur Scott<\/mark><\/strong>, also from Wigtown, wanted people to ask a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho benefits from this?<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morag Donnan<\/mark><\/strong>, from Sorbie, said: \u201cI\u2019m angry. They state there\u2019s a nature crisis and trying to preserve all these rare species in their natural habitats.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYet these huge great machines are going to be brought in. All this concrete they are going to pour is going to affect all the water courses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Bourne<\/mark><\/strong>, from Polbae near the Knowe, lives close to Kilgallioch Wind Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe turbines sound like a jet engine with a whoosh. I wake up suddenly at night and I don\u2019t know why. I\u2019m horrified at this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Galloway News did find one woman who was very much in favour but she did not wish to be quoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An RES spokesperson<\/mark><\/strong> said afterwards: \u201cWe\u2019re still in the early stages of designing the proposed Blair Hill Wind Farm and the feedback received will be used to help refine the proposals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would like to thank everyone for attending and for showing an interest in the project. RES has lots of experience of using the local supply chain in Dumfries and Galloway to construct wind farms and if consented, we expect the project would invest in excess of \u00a36 million in the local economy. During the operational life of the windfarm it would also pay around \u00a31.5 million in business rates, every year, supporting vital local services.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to say \u201cWe look forward to working with the community as we progress the proposals, to discuss the design as it evolves and to understand how the community would like to benefit from the proposed community benefits package, which could include our Local Electricity Discount <\/em>Scheme (LEDS).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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