Federal regulators gave a huge, contentious offshore wind project the green light to start construction off the coast of New Jersey. Owned by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind , a 50-50 venture by Shell and EDF Renewables ,

The federal government has given a key approval to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey. The decision comes even as residents in the coastal town where its power cable would come ashore worry that it could go through underground toxic waste.

The first offshore wind farm expected to come to New Jersey’s coast received a construction approval Tuesday, a spokesperson with Atlantic Shores told NJ Advance Media. The approval from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,

Groups of Monmouth County residents want New Jersey officials to reconsider running power lines from offshore wind farms through their neighborhoods.