Matt Puntin of SK Design Corp. presented revised plans for the solar array at Big Y to the Southwick Planning Board. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
SOUTHWICK – Matt Puntin of SK Design Corp. presented revised plans for the solar array at Big Y to the Southwick Planning Board this week.
Because the original site plans were reviewed and approved prior to the implementation of the town’s solar bylaw, there was no special permit to be modified.
Puntin said the change was being made to accommodate three new utility poles at the site.
A site plan for a solar panel project near the Big Y supermarket was presented to the Southwick Planning Board this week. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
“The change is the need for a maintenance driveway near the road,” he told the board Tuesday.
The new plan included a 15-foot wide, 70-foot long driveway so that Western Massachusetts Electric Co. could access the poles.
“They will go in 60 feet with new overhead poles, then they’ll go underground,” Puntin said.
The driveway would be gravel and crushed stone. Puntin said the Department of Transportation is reviewing a curb cut application now.
Board members asked about property lines and if the driveway would be gated at the end to keep vehicles from driving onto the property.
“It’s 40-feet to the next property line, and they are going to put boulders at the end of the roadway,” he said.
Planning Board chairman Douglas Moglin abstained from the discussion and vote and the remainder of the board approved the revision and signed-off on the new plans.
