City Officials Discuss Pipeline's Impact On Roanoke River

9/6/17

By Duncan Adams, Roanoke

One conservative estimate calculates that construction and operation of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline could increase the sediment load in the Roanoke River by 2 percent.

That would translate to about 1,039 more tons of sediment per year — and the potential for the city of Roanoke spending tens of millions of dollars more on erosion and sediment controls and managing storm water to improve the Roanoke River.

That scenario raised hackles Tuesday among members of Roanoke City Council.

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