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County Administrator Paul McCulla hopes to set up a meeting between Fauquier and Dominion officials to discuss the preferred path.
This route quickly caused a stir among area landowners, Sthbling said.
“It’s already upset my family and the whole neighborhood,” said dairyman Ken Smith, who added that a 500,000-volt line and a 35,000-volt line already bisect his farm near Opal. “Once they stay in the right of way you can’t stop them.”
It’s unclear to what extent Dominion would need to expand the right of way through Smith’s farm to build another line.
His family operates two dairies and milks 480 cows. It owns 520 acres and leases 1,800 acres.
“I don’t know that we’ve got a prayer in hell” of defeating Dominion, Smith said. “But we’re going to give them a shot. We’ve suffered enough. We’ve done our part.”
John Smatlak, Dominion vice president for transmission, said the company hopes to provide during the next month right-of-way specifics (location and quantity) for the preferred route.
Where extra right-of-way may be unavailable because of nearby homes and conservation easements, Dominion would install poles, which would be taller than the typical lattice tower in place or contemplated elsewhere along the route, Smatlak said. He said varying topography would make it impossible to speculate now about the precise height of such poles.
Dominion will keep additional right-of-way acquisition to a minimum, Smatlak said.
Dominion understands that some may be confounded by the company’s commitment to the southerly route, he said.
But Smatlak said Dominion
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