St. Mary's Abbey in Franklin wants to upgrade their small wind turbine. The newer model would generate more power, but it is significantly taller than the existing turbine. Property owners in Franklin and Wrentham are opposed to the installation of a 120 meter turbine. The residents believe that a turbine of this height would ruin their aesthetic views and disintegrate property values. The analysis was performed considering two separate styles of interpretation that would visually explain where in Franklin and Wrentham residents would be able to see the wind turbine. The examination looked at visibility from a 30, 60, 90 and 120 meter height. The separate interpretations are based upon a Bare Earth visibility analysis, in which no vegetation would exist within the surrounding locations. The other was built with Vegetation obscuring the visibility within the analysis, whereas forests and forested wetland heights were incorporated into the study.
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