CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Eastern Panhandle residents and lawmakers like revisions made to a proposed high-voltage power line's planned route, but some still have concerns about the project.
Allegheny Energy held a public meeting Wednesday in Charles Town on its new plan for the Potomac Appalachian Transmission High Line, or PATH.
The line would run from Charleston to a new substation in Kemptown, Md., passing through portions of Virginia.
The previous plan called for the line to connect to a substation in Berkeley County. The new route has the line going through mostly rural areas of Jefferson County.
Jefferson County Delegate Bob Tab says he'd prefer the line didn't go through the county at all. Tabb worries about effects on property values.
Doug Colafella, an Allegheny Energy representative, says the company is trying to find the least intrusive route.
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