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Residents urge Roanoke County to oppose Mountain Valley Pipeline "boost" compressor station proposed nearby
Summary
Public commenters from Preserve Bent Mountain asked the Roanoke County board on June 23 to adopt a resolution opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline 'boost' compressor station (the 'Swan' station) citing safety, noise, wildlife corridor and proximity concerns and noting neighboring counties have passed opposing resolutions.
Members of Preserve Bent Mountain addressed the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors on June 23 to ask the county to oppose a proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) booster compressor station commonly referred to in the presentation as the Swan Compressor Station.
Mary Beth Coffee presented a letter and read community concerns into the record, saying the proposed station would sit less than a mile from the county line and that MVP’s published plans would raise operating pressures that, in the group’s view, increase safety risks along the mainline. "The Swan Compressor Station's proposed 136,900 horsepower will make it a mega station by Virginia standards and becoming the largest in the state," Coffee said, asking the board to join Montgomery and Craig counties in opposing the boost project.
Coffee and other speakers said an alternate site proposed by MVP would be sited within Roanoke County (Bottom Creek Road) near occupied residences, a county-owned community center and a church; they also asserted that the original 42-inch MVP mainline construction left incomplete restoration and damaged wildlife corridors in the Bent Mountain area.
The board acknowledged receipt of the letter and several supervisors said staff would meet with residents to discuss concerns. No formal county resolution or vote opposing the project was recorded at the June 23 meeting.
Preserve Bent Mountain requested that Roanoke County take formal action similar to neighboring counties; staff replied the county would follow up and that the speakers’ materials would be part of the record.
