Late night motorists on the Central Coast may get the first glimpse of a massive wind power project being built in the region. Special trucks will be bringing huge wind turbine blades to the project site outside of Lompoc.
The blades will arrive by ship in the Port of Stockton. They’ll then be moved by truck in a caravan down Interstate 5 to Highway 46, through San Luis Obispo County. The trucks will then go south on Highway 101 to Highway 135, and then Highway 1.
The blades will be moved during the overnight hours to minimize traffic issues, with a special CHP escort. Plans call for the shipments to begin next week, and continue for the next three months.
The project will have more than two dozen giant turbines which will create enough electricity to power more than 40,000 homes. The goal is to have the project southwest of Lompoc up and running by the end of the year.
