Agencies urge underwater route from wind farm to Scriba

The Oswego County Board of Legislators and Jefferson County Agricultural Development Corp. joined the Jefferson County Board of Legislators in supporting a call for a underwater transmission route from the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm to Scriba in Oswego County.

The underwater route would avoid about 40 miles on the mainland that faces opposition from some farmers and landowners in Henderson, Ellisburg, Sandy Creek, Richland and Mexico.

The three organizations are calling on the state Public Service Commission to push for more studies of alternatives, most closely the underwater transmission route. The resolution also calls on the PSC to minimize the effects on residents of Jefferson and Oswego counties.