WAINFLEET - A Superior Court of Ontario judge has ruled Wainfleet’s two-kilometre setback for wind turbines invalid.Continue reading at the Niagara Advance
The decision came down Friday in the lawsuit brought about by Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. and its owners the Loeffen family and Tom Rankin, head of Rankin Construction, after the township passed its setback bylaw last year.
The bylaw was an attempt by to supersede the Green Energy Act, which prescribes a 550-metre setback — the distance between a residential property and a turbine.
“I know there’s going to be a lot of disappointed people,” said Mayor April Jeffs, who called The Tribune after learning of the decision late Friday afternoon.
Jeffs, with obvious disappointment in her voice, said as much as people outside of Wainfleet think there’s no reason to be opposed to wind turbines and that green energy is good, residents in her township, and across Ontario, have genuine concerns.
“People are worried about their health, getting sick and having to leave their homes. They’re also worried about property devaluation,” she said, adding that, too, was one of her concerns.
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