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Carroll County leaders renew opposition to Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project
Summary
County commissioners and residents at the Carroll County Chamber "State of the County" meeting renewed opposition to the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, urged residents to file letters with the Public Service Commission and described legal, land-use and eminent-domain concerns.
Carroll County commissioners used the Chamber of Commerceannual State of the County event to renew and amplify their opposition to the proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, saying the high-voltage lines would cross farmland, forests and wetlands and that residents should submit letters to the Maryland Public Service Commission.
The commissioners and residents described the project as a local threat and said it currently awaits determinations by the Maryland Public Service Commission. Commissioner Joe Vigliotti said the proposal would "gouge a scar across our home," listing figures in the transcript of properties and acres targeted by the company, and urged citizens to submit written opposition to the PSC. "We have formally…
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