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Enbridge outlines pipeline work in Roane County; residents raise safety questions
Summary
Enbridge told the Roane County Commission it will survey roughly 1,100 parcels and use horizontal directional drilling to cross the Emory River with an HDD profile 'anywhere from 75 feet to a 100 feet below the bottom of the riverbed'; residents at the meeting raised trust and water-safety concerns.
An Enbridge representative told the Roane County Commission and members of the public that construction on a new natural-gas lateral in the county will begin in October and that the company plans to survey about 1,100 parcels and perform required tree clearing and restoration work.
The Enbridge representative described construction steps — tree clearing, topsoil preservation, pipe welding and insertion — and said some crossings of rivers…
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