Cable Routes

[mchaji]

Upload available cable route shapefiles with background information such as when it can be updated and who may have access.

This task was created in response to a conversation with Anna Mercer, Lianne Allen-Jacobson, Greg Ardini, and Marina Chaji on March 2nd about scallopers' willingness to finish in wind development areas.

• The buried cable route from a WEA to shore is likely to be closed as well. Cable buried at shallow depths and marked with concrete.
• Scallop dredging will not be possible in areas where buried cables running from the shore out to the #turbines are located.
• Vessel operators will not want to risk damaging their gear by dredging too close to these areas; we estimate that operators will avoid dredging within 0.5nm of any buried cables.
• The location of the cables can be extracted from construction operations plans.

[mchaji]

Uploaded currently available cable route shapefiles and background information to shapefiles folder in main branch.