Be aware, drivers: You may see some heavy equipment from Dominion Energy on the roads this week.
Dominion is set to move two 400,000-pound, 18-foot-high transformers from Lightfoot to the Skiffes Creek Switching Station in the Grove area of James City County on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The transformers are two of seven that are slated to move to the switching station.
The first transformer will hit the road early Tuesday. The second one will leave Wednesday morning.
Dominion, VDOT, Virginia State Police and several localities will work together to transport the transformers. Police will escort the equipment with lighting and other “coordinated safety measures,” Dominion said Friday.
The seven transformers are part of the Skiffes Creek power line project, which will include the construction of 17 towers — some as tall as 295 feet — to carry an electrical transmission line over the James River. The project will bring power from Dominion’s Surry County nuclear plant to lower James City County.
The power line has been the subject of several lawsuits. On May 24, a federal judge dismissed two lawsuits from conservation groups Thursday, thereby allowing Dominion Energy to continue construction of the project.
For more information, the public can contact Dominion’s electric transmission team via email at powerline@dominionenergy.com or by calling toll-free at 888-291-0190.
