A pipeline company is meeting resistance in court from landowners who don’t want company surveyors on their property as it seeks a route for a new natural gas line from Georgia into South Carolina.
A lawsuit seeking class action status was filed Wednesday, July 8 by a Lowcountry resident who opposes efforts by Elba Express to get onto her land for surveys. As many as 94 property owners who have resisted attempts to access their land could be represented in the case against Elba Express.
The suit by Lois Tuten Stratos, who owns three pieces of land that could be affected, follows recent individual cases involving landowners worried that the proposed 71-mile-long natural gas pipeline will disrupt their rural way of life and hurt the environment. The pipeline would run through Hampton and Colleton counties, connecting with a proposed natural gas plant in Canadys…