Dominion Energy to resume targeted tree-cutting project along W&OD Trail

Two months after pausing a major tree-cutting project along the W&OD Trail, Dominion Energy said it will resume removing specific trees, to maintain the safety and reliability of the electric grid.

Dominion put the project on hold in late March in response to complaints from counties and towns along the popular walking and biking path.

In a memo to Dominion, NOVA Parks said that they are "concerned with the scope" of the tree removal and the "lack of a plan" to restore trees to the areas that they are working in.

The park system wrote that the four-mile section of W&OD Park where trees were removed is now being "overrun with invasive plants" without restoration or preventative plans in place.

Paul Gilbert, Executive Director of NOVA Parks, wrote, "We would first request that you take a more selective approach to tree cutting that only addresses significant threats to power reliability. Secondly, other than the one area of four dead trees in Arlington, you do not seem to offer any replanting/restoration solutions. This needs to be part of the plan."

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(🎥: WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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