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Neighbors, experts press county to save Orchard Lake as engineers ranked; residents warn of gas-main risk
Summary
Residents urged the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors to preserve Orchard Lake, request an inundation/hazard study and prioritize firms whose proposals explicitly aim to save the lake. Staff ranked Timmons Group first and the board authorized negotiations with that firm.
Residents and property owners pressed Botetourt County supervisors to explore options that would preserve Orchard Lake and to better document hazards before taking irreversible action.
An Orchard Lake neighbor told the board the lake am sits above a high-pressure gas main and described what she called a continuing leak that has affected her family—or years. "Our family is in immediate danger," the resident said, asserting that repeated notices to RGS and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) had not produced remedial action. The speaker said she and her family…
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