What began as survey notices for a proposed 28-mile natural gas line in central North Carolina has grown into a broader fight over property rights, industrial expansion, and who gets to influence the future of a fast-changing rural county.
At a June 24 discussion highlighted by the Chatham Journal, one Chatham County landowner and environmental scientist, John Alderman, told residents not to dismiss letters or calls from Enbridge Gas North Carolina and its agents.
What’s happening?
The Canadian pipeline giant, Enbridge, says its North Carolina expansion project would increase gas capacity to serve more people in Chatham and Lee counties.
But for landowners along the proposed path between the Siler City area and Moncure, the matter has become deeply personal…