Broadleaf Solar, a renewable energy supplier, is seeking to drill transmission lines under the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in East Granby as part of a large-scale solar project on a former agriculture field. The New York based solar company paid nearly $10.2 million for the 600-acre Monrovia Nursery property in Granby and East Granby in 2021, officials said. Its plan includes building a 100-megawatt solar facility on 322 acres of the former agricultural property. As part of the plan, Broadleaf would use horizontal drilling to install transmission lines to connect 100 megawatts of electrical power to an Eversource 345 kilovolt transmission line near Route 20, according to the company’s project proposal. The project site is at 35 Floydville Road and 90 Salmon Brook St. The proposal calls for drilling under Salmon Brook River, Route 20 and under the popular “Rails to Trails” bike and walkway.
Large-scale CT solar project looks to drill under popular trail. Residents concerned with its impact
