Mariner East project faces push back in Chester County, Pa.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
In a last-minute attempt to try to stop the Mariner East pipeline project, the Chester County Commissioners filed a court injunction on Friday to stop construction on the project in two county-owned locations, according to Daily Local News.
The petition for injunctive relief was filed in Common Pleas Court. It is asking to curtail open trench construction on county property, at the library and in the vicinity of the Chester Valley Trail through West Whiteland. Work is slated to start at these locations on Jan. 24.
“Energy Transfer’s notice is extremely premature because it completely ignores the pending legal action initiated by Chester County against Sunoco Pipeline, LP, regarding construction of the Mariner East pipeline on County property,” said county Commissioners’ Chairwoman Marian Moskowitz. “That legal action — the lawsuit against Sunoco, LP — is currently in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, and that is why we have filed today’s Petition for Injunctive Relief.”
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