What has been a long and contentious process of building a natural gas pipeline through the two Virginias is about to get even longer.
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC announced Wednesday that it plans an extension of the 303-mile pipeline currently under construction, connecting with the project’s end point in Pittsylvania County and heading another 70 miles south into North Carolina.
What is being called MVP Southgate is a separate project. As such, it will require approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a process that consumed nearly three years for the pipeline that will run from northern West Virginia through the New River and Roanoke valleys.
