RICHMOND—Several bills of local interest were pre-filed for the 2018 Virginia General Assembly legislative session, according to Virginia’s Legislative Information System, lis.virginia.gov.
Also, District 4 Sen. Ryan T. McDougle’s office this week reported that he will introduce a bill to give Dominion Energy access to install, operate and maintain a transmission line under the Rappahannock River.
A recent decision issued by the Virginia State Corporation Commission advised Dominion must seek an easement from the General Assembly prior to beginning the project, reported legislative assistant Kyler Hedrick.
The proposed bill would seek a 200-foot right of way extending the width of the river between Middlesex and Lancaster counties east of the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge…
