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By Don Del Rosso
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Here they go again.
For the third time in as many months, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this week probably will accept conservation easements on land in the potential paths of a proposed power line through northern Fauquier.
On Thursday the supervisors will review easement applications from four landowners \yho want to protect from development almost 364 acres between Hume and Marshall.' (See map.)
“They’re good easement?,” chairman Harry Atherton (Marshall District) said. “The power line being a motivating factor doesn’t make them any less deserving of easements.”
It remains unclear whether easements carry the force of law to stop power lines.
Easements, which the county would hold, permanently protect land affected by them from further subdivision. In exchange for putting an easement on their land, property owners receive state and federal tax benefits tied to the potential development value they give up.
At its Feb. 8 meeting, the board will discuss easement applications from:
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