By Emma Desiderio, Atlantic City Press
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind is proposing to use 1.7 acres of beach between South Texas and Iowa avenues, a portion of Bader Field and a portion of a city park for the installation of underground transmission lines, according to legal notices published recently by the company.
A public hearing for its proposal will be held later this month.
According to the legal notices, the company plans to use about a half-acre on Albany Avenue at Bader Field and about 0.32 acres on Fairmount and Sovereign avenues at the Pete Pallitto recreation fields.
The project is also expected to temporarily impact about 11 acres of parkland at Bader Field.
The properties are owned by the city and subject to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Acres restrictions, and will require an application for a major diversion that must be approved by the DEP’s commissioner and by the State House Commission.
A public scoping meeting is required before Atlantic Shores can submit a formal application for the diversion of parkland.
The public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. July 27 in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 1301 Bacharach Blvd.
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