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Residents urge board to reject overhead Golden‑to‑Mars transmission routes near schools; supervisors say they will press for burial where feasible
Summary
Hundreds of residents and students told Loudoun supervisors March 18 to reject overhead 500 kV transmission routes proposed by Dominion Energy that would pass near Rosalie Carter Elementary and Rock Ridge High School, urging partial or full undergrounding and independent technical review.
Residents of multiple Sterling and Ashburn neighborhoods and students from area schools urged the Board of Supervisors on March 18 to reject proposed overhead high‑voltage transmission lines for Dominion Energy’s Golden‑to‑Mars project, particularly where alignments would pass near Rosalie Carter Elementary School and Rock Ridge High School.
Speakers described the routes designated by Dominion as Routes 3 and 4 (board‑preferred alignments) and urged the county and the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to require partial or full undergrounding where lines would be within several hundred feet of school buildings, athletic fields and residential streets. Students and parents raised health…
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