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Residents urge board to reject overhead Golden-to-Mars transmission routes near schools; board explains limits
Summary
Dozens of Loudoun County residents urged the Board of Supervisors on April 1 to withdraw recommendations favoring overhead transmission routes near Rosalie Carter Elementary and Rock Ridge High School and to press Dominion and state regulators for underground alternatives.
Dozens of Loudoun County residents urged the Board of Supervisors on April 1 to withdraw any recommendation that would permit overhead high-voltage transmission lines near local schools and asked the board to press Dominion Energy and state authorities for undergrounding.
Public comment ran more than an hour. Speakers from Sterling and Loudoun Valley neighborhoods described the proposed green and blue routes for Dominion Energy—s Golden-to-Mars project as running within a few hundred feet of Rosalie Carter Elementary School and Rock Ridge High School. Multiple parents, school-age students and residents said the board should honor the Loudoun County School Board—s recent vote opposing overhead lines on school property and…
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