Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration has determined that wind turbines projected for construction on the border of Swanton and St. Albans, Vermont, would jeopardize the airspace of the Franklin County State Airport and the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center.
“According to a Notice of Presumed Hazard posted on the FAA’s website, the 499-foot-tall wind turbines proposed for Rocky Ridge in Swanton would have ‘an adverse physical or electromagnetic interference effect upon navigable airspace or air navigation facilities’” Vermont Watchdog.org reported.
“The blades of the turbines would degrade radar used by Boston Center to regulate air traffic across New England states, New York and part of Pennsylvania,” Vermont Watchdog.org added.
According to Vermont Watchdog.org, in order to meet the federal safety standard, the FAA explained that the wind turbines cannot exceed a height of zero feet above ground level, or between 850 to 925 feet above mean sea level.
