A spokesperson for EQT, said the company is considering alternative routes for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
EQT PRE FILES PLANS FOR PIPELINE
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Currently, plans for the proposed 300-mile project run through areas including Roanoke, Montgomery and Giles counties. After holding more than a dozen open houses in affected areas, company representative, Natalie Cox, issued the below statement.
From day one of this project, Mountain Valley Pipeline has been committed to identifying a proposed route that has the least overall impact on landowners, the environment and cultural resources. We have spent the last several months meeting with thousands of stakeholders in communities along the proposed route to hear their concerns and carefully consider the thoughtful feedback they've offered. We are committed to working tirelessly to address these concerns in a meaningful way and to continuously improve upon our proposed route. As part of this effort, we are currently evaluating possible alternative routes in multiple counties and will begin contacting landowners and localities along these alternative routes. We will spend the next several months further evaluating the feasibility of these alternative routes, and potentially others, as part of our development of the pipeline. The evaluation of these alternatives includes an evaluation of the topography for constructability and an evaluation of environmental, historical and cultural resources.