BREWER, Maine (AP) - Maine zoning regulators have approved Canada-based J.D. Irving’s plan to rezone tens of thousands of acres of rural land to commercial and residential development as well as conservation.
Maine Public reports that the Land use Planning Commission has voted unanimously to support the 30-year proposal to rezone 51,000 acres in northern Aroostook County.
The committee’s chair calls the Wednesday vote a win for Irving and the public.
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Opponents such as the Natural Resources Council of Maine had argued the plan doesn’t provide an adequate balance of conservation and development.
The plan protects 17,000 acres from development and calls for as many as 330 development units around four scenic lakes.
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