The road corner photo I first believed to be the site of the 1500 acres project. A major power line crosses a corner of the site. High line tower is in one photo. So far, I estimate the cleared area to be about 200 acres. The site is about 4 miles south of Rosanky (on Jeddo Road) and about 6 miles north of Jeddo.
https://goo.gl/maps/PKqmHHMywRgGXmKX7
I imagine the full site is all of the approximately square mostly pasture land including a home/ranch site in the middle. I am not able to see the high voltage line in the aerial photo; perhaps the line is newer than the photo.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ENfydvh1cy3W7s3g9
Signage indicates much local opposition to the project. The opposition seems to be from mostly smaller parcel owners. None of the big fancy places have signs posted. URL on the signs:
The maps there tell us the project goes north to near Rosanky, all east of Jeddo Road, all north of Cistern Road. The project is to surround a notable feature on Jeddo Road near Rosanky; a Flint Hills terminal of some sort.
This is my revised estimate of the site location:
https://goo.gl/maps/h7cjC9PF5bUtatv59
Flint Hills is the white area on the east side of Jeddo Road near Rosanky.
The opposition site indicates that the customer for the project's power is Austin Energy.
I found only one building, pictured, that looks like it might have been part of the town of Jeddo; the building could be a school house. About a quarter mile north of the building is the pictured Jeddo Cemetery.
Picture is the main entrance to D&D Ranch which is perhaps the largest parcel in the area. Many years ago, I sold some peas to the D&D manager. Someone approached me at a farmers market, either Bastrop or Smithville, and asked about a volume pea purchase. I eventually delivered several, perhaps eight, bushels through that gate. As I recall they wanted unshelled peas though I offered shelled in bags. The story was that they wanted them to serve to guests/customers. They, at least at that time, were in the exotic game business. Driving by those lakes (you can steer to from on the aerial photos), I concluded that the lakes were filled from wells. A very expensive proposition. The whole place was impressively manicured.
In another photo are some obviously maintained low shrubs in clumps around native trees. I suspect maintained as bird habitat.
11/6/2022
I went by the site again yesterday for the first time since the original post. It is not exactly where expected but the site is now obvious with much earth work going on. There are two construction entrances on two county roads several miles apart.
Earlier, it was not clear that the project would actually happen. Now, it seems a certainty.
The "rosankytexas" site, URL above, has been posting updates on the project.
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