An entirely new green energy grid to supply enough electricity to power our trucks, trains, automobiles, and houses by 2035? Udder bullshit.
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My, how they’ve grown these past six years!
That’s how long it takes to gain regulatory approval to stick some trees into the earth, in just one town. Power Lines? Windmills? Solar farms? New transformer stations? Throughout the nation? In ten years? The proponents of this scam know what they’re up to; their soon-to-be victims are just naive fools who believe that wishing makes real.
History of a municipal imoprovement:
Back on October 4, 2018, Planning & Zoning hosted a workshop for the Post Road corridor, with the goal of making the Post Road a true gateway to New England.
In December 2019, the Representative Town Meeting approved this goal as part of the Town’s 10-year Plan of Conservation and Development.
For the next two-years, Town employees, appointed officials and non-profit volunteers developed a plan, forming the Greenscape Committee, which mapped and walked the full length of the Greenwich Post Road to label 370 sites for trees.
After that, Planning & Zoning, Parks & Recreation and the Dept of Public Works reviewed and verified each planting site. The proposal was then approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission, the Board of Selectmen, and the RTM.
Because the Post Road is a State road, the next step was to send the tree planting plan to the CT Department of Transportation (DOT).
The State and the Town worked together diligently for the next two years to meet all relevant State standards.
Finally, last week, the DOT granted an encroachment permit for the Town to plant the trees.
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy, a non-profit created to plant and preserve the trees of Greenwich, is the Town’s partner in this endeavor and will be paying for the trees and their planting costs. The planting will be inaugurated on Friday, November 1.
The number of different departments and agencies involved was numerous.
P&Z thanked the;
Town Planner
Greenscape Committee
Town Tree Warden
Parks & Recreation staff,
Assistant Environmental Affairs Director
Dept of Public Works
Architectural Review Committee
Town Law Dept and Risk Management personnel
Greenwich Tree Conservancy
First Selectman
Representative Town Meeting Members
the town’s Delegation to the CT General Assembly and
CT Dept of Transportation for their efforts.
