GAS PIPELINES COMING TO CHESTER COUNTY

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Consider what these pipelines mean for residents of Chester County: Hundreds of landowners in Chester County are confronting requests from companies for larger rights-of-way to expand existing pipelines or for new rights-of-way to add lines.
And under federal law, the landowners might not have much choice. More than 700 miles of natural-gas pipelines crisscross Chester County. Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a controversial expansion of a Williams-Transcontinental pipeline near Downingtown and Exton. An 88-mile pipeline proposed by the AES Corp. of Virginia and known as the Mid-Atlantic Express would run between Sparrows Point, Md., and Eagle in Upper Uwchlan Township. Thirty-two miles would be in Chester County.

Construction would affect more than 400 landowners, 2,500 preserved acres, and at least 20 streams and tributaries, including Brandywine Creek.**Proposed Dominion Pipeline will run through Wallace Township**