BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 22, 2024
Two days away from signing an interconnection agreement, the Town Council decided Tuesday night to not go forward with the Higgins Pit solar array project, and it instead directed the town manager to look toward finding other projects that would achieve the same goals. The project was meant to offset approximately 25 percent of the town’s carbon output by building a solar array at Higgins Pit, a town-owned property. The project was approved by voters in 2022, but since then, costs have risen beyond initial projections, prompting concerns for some. Because of the site of the town-owned property, for the project to go forward, wetland remediation would have to be done, a road would have to be built, and the project itself has been downsized.