Dozens of residents urged the Davidson County Board of Commissioners on Monday to take a public stance on Transco’s Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, telling the board the expansion poses risks to local water and air quality and questioning the company’s outreach.

Janine Spadirlo told the board that no Davidson County commissioner had attended a recent Department of Environmental Quality public hearing on the pipeline and urged commissioners to represent county residents concerned about “clean air, clean water, and quality of life.” Crystal Norford, who said she works for the statewide nonprofit Clean Water for North Carolina, warned the board the project would cross six streams in the Yadkin River watershed using a “dry ditch open cut” method that, she said, increases sedimentation and other impacts on drinking-water treatment systems.

Other speakers raised public-safety concerns. Pat Kuntz, who said she has lived near the pipeline area for 50 years and lost her husband to pollution-related illness, asked whether the county had required additional safety measures, more oversight staff, or plans with local fire departments for large-scale explosions. Rick Dingwall and John Calhoun (Sierra Club) cited rising cancer and particulate-matter trends and said existing compressor-station air pollution near Compressor Station 155 already approaches state limits.

Aden Lorets, an organizer from Guilford County, told commissioners he had helped marshal resolutions in neighboring counties and alleged Williams (the company behind the pipeline segment referred to in testimony) used deceptive email tactics in Forsyth County. He said neighboring counties had passed measures noting safety, water-resource and economic concerns and urged Davidson County to follow suit.

After public comment, commissioners agreed to ask staff and legal counsel to draft a resolution focused on safety concerns—rather than outright opposition—and to bring that draft back at a future meeting. Commissioners noted that certain regulatory decisions remain with state and federal agencies but said a county resolution could register local safety priorities and ask Transco/Williams to consider less-impactful construction methods or further mitigation.

The board’s action on Monday was limited to directing staff to prepare language and to review resolutions passed by Guilford, Forsyth and Midway officials; commissioners did not vote on a final county resolution during the meeting.