KINGMAN – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office announced there will be temporary restrictions on newly constructed access roads to allow for the construction of a 24,527-acre wind farm in the White Hills area, 40 miles northwest of Kingman. Beginning February 29, these new construction roads may be intermittently restricted, for public safety, to allow installation of wind turbines, electric collector lines, and communication lines needed to construct the 350-megawatt wind farm.
When restrictions are necessary, the new roads will be marked with signs and roadblocks. No previously existing roads on public lands in the area will be restricted.
One of the Department of the Interior’s priorities is to “sustainably develop our energy and natural resources,” and this project is designed to produce renewable energy for neighboring markets. “We understand the importance of supporting the Department’s priorities and are happy to see this project move forward to provide clean, renewable energy to multiple communities,” said Kingman Field Manager Amanda Dodson.
The wind farm project, owned by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, a Florida-based energy company, was approved by the BLM in 2013. In 2019, the BLM authorized construction and operations activities under an approved plan of development. The project is expected to be completed by December 2020.
For more information, please contact the Kingman Field Office at 928-718-3700.
I wish a reporter would do a story on all the BLM lands that are leased out and the money that goes to D.C. and does noting for local social services or infrastructure.
ZERO property tax dollars for that entire project.
Just a leach of taxpayer provided services.
Why not state Arizona shut everything else out you can’t even walk on the property shouldn’t be LMB the same it’s not peoples property anymore belongs to the state government and the federal government let them have it all let them all be the taxes on it they don’t need it but they can have it