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The pump storage project is now in the study phase after that it will undergo the federal study. All this will be done before ground breaking begins. The plans have been detailed out a bit more so we have a clearer picture of what the site will look like upon completion. National Grid Ventures and Rye Development maintain there stance that this will be fully subterranean including the power lines needed North of E-14. The updated plans show the power lines in and out of the combination pump / turbine to be ran through 2 separate tunnels that come from south of E-14 just under launch and one slightly to the east again south of E-14 and run underground and east along the ridge and up the big ridge to the pump / turbine.

What will be are challenges ?
Yes there will be a large pond over 150 ft deep covered by black plastic balls and surrounded by a fence. A good deal of this pond is going to be a build up using the existing berm and a build up of the open valley side. There will be more power lines under launch. For the most part we should be unaffected. In all reality the construction of this project is not going to start for another 4 to 5 years but it is going to happen. This project has been looked at by different companies for 40 years and now with the huge push of federal government for green energy it is happening.
As long as Rye Development and National Grid hold up there plan of having all kept underground we will be mostly unaffected and free to keep flying.
Our part is to be good neighbors and be prepared and flexible if this all goes above ground.