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Brigantine City Council will host a community meeting concerning ocean wind development 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Brigantine Community School, 301 E. Evans Ave.
This is the third community meeting Brigantine has held on ocean wind development, and is a follow up to the open house Atlantic Shores held last December.
This meeting will feature a more formal presentation, including remarks from U.S. Rep. Jeff VanDrew, NJ Sen. Vince Polistina and Brigantine Mayor Vince Sera. Representatives from Save LBI and Defend Brigantine have also been invited to speak, and Atlantic Shores has been asked to participate as a follow up to the December open house.
There will be a brief question-and-answer session at the end of the meeting.
“Our goal throughout this entire process has been to offer a series of community forums where we can share information and help educate the public about the state’s plans to develop wind farms off the South Jersey coast,” Sera said in a release. “Brigantine City Council supports the need for clean energy solutions, but has a lot of concerns about the impacts these ocean wind projects may already be having on whales and other marine life. It’s very important for us to get real scientifically supported facts and proof that these projects will not harm our marine mammals or disrupt the ocean environment before anything can move forward. It would be simply irresponsible to try to fast track these projects without getting all the facts.”
