Published: 6/25/2023 2:11:40 PM
GILL — The Highway Department installed two new speed radars on West Gill Road last week, the Police Department announced.
The signs were provided by a grant from the Massachusetts Municipal Road Safety Grant Program. Through July, Gill police officers will be conducting extra patrols as part of the statewide Speed Enforcement Campaign, which is funded through the grant program.
Gill Selectboard contributes $2.5K toward shared erosion specialist
GILL — The Selectboard voted last week to contribute $2,500 toward hiring an erosion specialist to share with Montague, Erving and Northfield as they pursue settlements with FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.
FirstLight, which previously submitted its Amended Final License Application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a new 50-year license, has three facilities up for relicensing — the hydro-pump facility at Northfield Mountain and two hydroelectric dams in Turners Falls. These have been criticized by environmental advocacy groups for impacts on fish, the Connecticut River and surrounding environment. So far, agreements on recreation and flows and fish passage have been settled, while settlements related to erosion and cultural preservation are not yet finalized.
The prospective erosion expert would “help the four towns, the [Franklin Regional Council of Governments] and the [Connecticut River Conservancy] to present a strong case to FERC and [the state Department of Environmental Protection] that FirstLight should be responsible for taking steps to prevent and mitigate erosion under the new license,” according to the Selectboard’s agenda.
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