Commission directs GIS mapping for ValleyLink route and approves resolution urging undergrounding tech
Jefferson County commissioners directed GIS staff to add a provisional ValleyLink transmission-line overlay to county maps and voted 4–1 to task FirstEnergy/ValleyLink to explore underground high-tension line technology, with President Majdi recorded as the lone no vote.
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Commissioners voted unanimously to direct county GIS staff to "evaluate the viability of overlaying the proposed Valley Link transmission line and other potential future lines as a provisional layer on our GIS," with a mandatory disclaimer that the route depiction is preliminary because ValleyLink has not synchronized mapping with the county system.
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