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Landstown to West Landing Transmission Line
Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc. (WEG) provided full-service environmental consulting services to Dominion Virginia Power as part of the multi-million dollar Landstown to West Landing 230 kV aerial transmission line and substation project located in the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia.  The proposed transmission line is approximately 7.3 miles long and will result in the conversion of 32.52-acres of jurisdictional wetlands from forested to scrub shrub.  The proposed line is necessary in order to provide greatly needed thermal improvements to Dominion’s electrical facilities and maintain existing levels of service to the growing number of customers located in the southern section of Virginia Beach.

The project included wetland delineations for approximately three proposed alignments. Environmental information was combined with project construction and planning costs as well as right of way acquisition and private property damage to analyze the proposed alternatives.  WEG worked closely with Dominion to create a resource management plan and a conceptual mitigation plan that not only mitigates for permanent impacts, but enhances many portions of the proposed corridor.

Additionally, in an attempt to assess the functional characteristics of existing wetlands along the proposed transmission line, an Evaluation for Planned Wetlands (EPW) functional assessment was performed by WEG.  This assessment in combination with a proposed planting, re-vegetation and monitoring plan, clearing and construction provisions, including the use or large air-crane helicopters in place of land cranes, to further minimize the clearing associated with access roads, and crane preparations/set up areas, and selected management alternatives, satisfied the goal of achieving or improving functional capacity in most wetland areas.

WEG provided regulatory support throughout the permitting process which began prior to 1998.  This involved coordination and negotiations between various regulatory and advisory agencies subsequent to submitting the permit application.  In addition to regulatory support, WEG performed Threatened and Endangered Species inventories of the sites, including a habitat walkover with David Webster, of the Dept. of Biological Sciences at UNC Wilmington to verify the existence of Great Dismal Swamp shrew habitat along the proposed alignment.  Archaeological coordination was provided by the WEG team.

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