FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts town has finalized a settlement with a group of residents over wind turbines.
The Cape Cod Times reports the town of Falmouth agreed last week to a $75,000 settlement with two remaining residents. Town Counsel Frank Duffy says the town’s insurer paid out $255,000 to 10 other residents in March.
Residents had claimed the turbines were noisy and caused problems.
The Wind 1 turbine came online in 2010 but was shut down five years later when the Zoning Board of Appeals denied a special permit. Barnstable Superior Court Judge Cornelius Moriarty ordered Wind 2 be shut down last summer after operating for six years.
Town officials say they will remove Wind 1. Some residents say they plan to file a complaint to dispose of Wind 2 as well.
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Information from: Cape Cod (Mass.) Times, http://www.capecodtimes.com
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