After the verdict, Dominion said that the Supreme Court was in line with “the longstanding precedent” of allowing pipelines, more than 50, to cross the trail. The energy company said that those pipelines have not disturbed the public’s use of the trail and neither would the ACP.
“To avoid impacts to the trail,” the company said, “the pipeline will be installed hundreds of feet below the surface and emerge more than a half-mile from each side of the trail. There will be no construction activity on or near the trail itself, and the public will be able to continue enjoying the trail as they always have.”
