Category: News
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SEND EMAILS – Planning Commission Zoning Text Amendment Vote April 20
When citizens pushed to have the Board of Supervisors’ resolution passed in August of last year, that resolution directed county Planning Staff to look at zoning which allowed data centers into Haymarket without any oversight. It has become clear that county zoning ordinances need to be Read More …
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Press Release: BOCS Reaffirms Commitment to Help Unplug Amazon Extension Cord
BOCS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HELP UNPLUG AMAZON EXTENSION CORD Executive director says: ”Supervisors stayed the course and kept their commitment to progress, over plunder.” (The April 12 resolution was approved by County Board of Supervisors! See final resolution here: April 12 Resolution) Haymarke
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Final Resolution approved by the BOCS – April 12, 2016
MOTION: LAWSON April 12, 2016 Regular Meeting SECOND: CANDLAND Res. No. 16 – RE: AFFIRM INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PUBLIC WITNESS IN
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Easy Email to Board Supervisors – Approve April 12 Resolution
The County Board of Supervisors will vote next Tuesday, April 12 in a 2 PM session on a resolution being put forward by Supervisors Lawson and Candland (see below), outlining multiple actions for the Board to take as a Public Witness in the SCC proceedings Read More …
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Be a Somebody
We recently figured out that there have only been 105 comments submitted online since 12/11/15, when the SCC established the on-line site for the Haymarket transmission and substation project. Surely we can do better than this! This project impacts thousands of us across the Haymarket, Read More …
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Bull Run Observer – Some speakers hit on protecting property values and local landscape at second round of power line hearings
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz (Observer staff) The State Corporation Commission held its second day of hearings on Dominion Power’s Haymarket Substation and 230kV project on March 14 at 4:30 and 7:00. At 5:30, there had been approximately 50 people who signed up to testify, many Read More …
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PWC BOCS Withdraws as Respondent
As you may have heard by now, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors (BOCS) has chosen to withdraw as a respondent from the SCC process for the Haymarket transmission line and substation project. What does this mean for the community? It means that now, more Read More …
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SCC Local Hearings Testimony Documents
Documented testimony from the February 24th and March 14th SCC Local Hearings can be found at the SCC Haymarket project site: SCC Haymarket project Documents
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Exciting Updates!
Kudos to Somerset Crossing and Heritage Hunt for their outstanding advocacy on adamantly insisting that the SCC process for the Haymarket transmission line and substation project be held in a fair and transparent manner! Their interventions have persuaded SCC Hearing Examiner Glenn Richardson to al
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Bull Run Observer: Group representatives like what they hear, as neighbors testify at first SCC hearing on power lines on Feb. 24
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer Staff The State Corporation Commission is holding hearings on the proposed Dominion (Virginia Power) Haymarket Substation and 230kV project. The first hearing was held on Feb. 24 at Battlefield High School. Residents were given the opportunity (to) testify in Read