Commission directs GIS mapping for ValleyLink route and approves resolution urging undergrounding tech
Summary
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.
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.
Separately, Commissioner Steve Stolipher moved to approve a resolution asking FirstEnergy (and ValleyLink) to develop new technology to install high-tension power lines underground and to amend the first whereas in the draft resolution; the motion passed 4–1, with President Pasha Majdi recorded as the only dissenting vote. Commissioners characterized the actions as informational steps and requests to utilities rather than binding land-use approvals. No timetable or funding for undergrounding technology development was discussed at the meeting.
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