At Kent Avenue, they will be routed south to the Delmarva Power substation.
Bluewater Wind representative Rob Propes has reported that the completion work in the beach and boardwalk area will take place in the off-season.
To minimize disturbance within the intertidal zone, horizontal directional drilling will be used to install a 20-inch diameter, high-density polyethylene conduit for each of the submarine cables, Propes said. Work will be conducted over a period of approximately eight weeks during non-summer season months.
There’s a very wide variation of comments that are coming in, Councilwoman Margaret Young said. There are people who think this is the most wonderful thing in the world because it’s going to use wind and there won’t be any contamination. Then there are those people who say ‘they’re not digging up my street.’
We need to have an alternative energy source, and we’ve dug up the ground all around for high-speed cable and everything else, Resident John Brennan said. I have no problem with the project, as long as there’s oversight to make sure it’s done properly.
