Gossips has reported a few times about the plan to install EV chargers in the courthouse parking lot and the devastating impact it would have on trees, first on Allen Street and then on West Court.
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| Photo: Peter Meyer |
This morning, Peter Meyer, a leading advocate for the trees, sent me a copy of a resolution passed by the Columbia County Board of Supervisors at its meeting on September 10. Meyer had received the resolution from First Ward Supervisor Randall Martin. The resolution in question--No. 286-2025--can be found here. The most important paragraphs in the resolution are these (the underscore has been added):
WHEREAS, the County had previously entered into an agreement with Livingston Energy (now Lynkwell) to furnish and install two (2) level 2 charging stations containing 4 charging ports, including a new overhead electrical service from National Grid at the County Courthouse; and
WHEREAS, after numerous meetings with Livingston Energy, National Grid, and neighboring property owners concern of the potential impact to existing trees in the area associated with the new National Grid electrical service; and
WHEREAS, after reviewing multiple options, the County Engineering Department has determined, and National Grid had agreed that the electrical supply to serve the proposed chargers can be obtained from the existing power panel within the Courthouse building and run underground to the charging units . . . .
No new superhigh utility poles, no trees brutally pruned or removed, just underground wires from the courthouse to the EV chargers in the parking lot. Once in a while good things do happen.
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