A family who wanted to build the world’s tallest flagpole in rural eastern Maine will be fined $250,000 under a consent agreement after they built more than 50 cabins without obtaining environmental permits from the state. agreed to pay the penalty.
The Environmental Protection Commission on Wednesday approved a consent agreement signed late last month by Morrill Wooster, the patriarch of the family of the company that owns the land.
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The Flagpole View Cabin was built from 2019 to 2022 in sparsely populated Columbia Falls, near where the family wanted to build a flagpole taller than the Empire State Building. The flagpole was to be the centerpiece of a multibillion-dollar development honoring military veterans.
Under the consent agreement, the company has until Friday to apply for subsequent permits for work already completed.
A Worcester family in eastern Maine has agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty for building more than 50 cabins without obtaining environmental permits from the state.
Lawyers for the Worcester family said the development was intentionally kept small to avoid the need for special permits from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Lawyer Timothy Pease said the developers had obtained the necessary local permits and were not causing environmental damage.
“First and foremost, the Worcester family and its affiliated companies want to have a good working relationship with all federal, state, and local regulatory authorities. In this case, it is in everyone’s best interest to move forward and avoid litigation.” We think it will be beneficial,” Pease said Wednesday. In a statement.
About a month ago, the Woosters announced they were abandoning the flagpole project. Flagpole was to become a village with a living history museum for 4,000 people and a vast monument listing the names of all the veterans who had died since the American Revolution. audience seats and restaurant.
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The Wooster family behind Wooster Wreath Co. and Wreaths Across America, which provides hundreds of thousands of wreaths to military cemeteries and cemeteries around the world, says the project brings people together and honors veterans. It was advertised as.
