Big towers to rise near historic Jamestown: $90M in payouts
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January 21, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A big change is looming on the horizon near Jamestown Island, site of Britain's first permanent settlement in North America: 17 transmission towers — four nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty — are set to rise to help meet Virginia's growing energy appetite.
But not everyone is electrified by the prospect, never mind the $90 million the utility is spreading around to blunt the impact on this tourist region steeped in early American history.
The project calls for stringing power lines across the muddy James River, an undertaking the utility says is vital to maintaining th...
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