Residents raise concerns about proposed transmission corridor and quarry enforcement in Clark County

Residents and neighborhood leaders told Clark County associational members that a proposed utility transmission corridor and gaps in quarry code enforcement are generating community alarm, and they urged county officials to press the utility for clearer answers.

Gary (East Fork Alliance) said residents learned in recent weeks that the company leading surveying work for an 80‑mile transmission corridor is PacifiCorp and that the route would run from the Swift Reservoir area toward Troutdale. Residents described public meetings with strong turnout and said county staff and council had limited prior awareness of the project. Gary said residents had submitted a list of about 15 technical questions to county council and to the utility and that PacifiCorp had declined to answer those questions at a council presentation.

“We finally know who that is,” Gary said of the company doing surveying work, and he urged neighborhood groups to…