Hughes County Commission Approves Haul Road Inspection Agreement For North Bend Wind Farm

Hughes County Commission Approves Haul Road Inspection Agreement For North Bend Wind Farm

PIERRE — The Hughes County Commission has signed off on an a contract for Brosz Engineering of Pierre to inspect county roads to be used as haul roads for a wind farm project. Kyle Kurth with Brosz says the agreement is broken into three main areas…

Culvert inspection is also a part of the agreement…

Kurth says ENGIE North America, the developer of the North Bend Wind Farm can request additional roads to be used for hauling which would repeat the previous steps for Brosz…

ENGIE North America is responsible for all of the costs associated with the haul road inspections. The 72-turbine North Bend Wind Farm will be constructed on the Hyde/Hughes County border.