PINEVILLE, N. C. — Many citizens of the Pineville community are now relieved after city council members replaced their minds.
The original plan to install an electrical substation on Miller Road, right next to the McCollough neighborhood, a flea market and busy street, is no longer valid and many citizens couldn’t be happier.
The city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move the new electrical substation from a residential community and a popular flea market.
Pineville officials said the new plan is to build this substation just a few minutes away, on Nations Ford Road. The city will have to buy 1. 44 acres somewhere on this highway to build the station. Some citizens of the McCollough neighborhood feel this is much greater. idea.
Those who opposed the location of the Miller Road site argue that a substation on this road would generate more traffic and make the domain less for other people living nearby. Some also feel that it would have upset those sharing the site. near the flea market.
A Pineville council member said he considered it a victory for the city and its citizens. He added that this will allow the domain to continue to grow while also giving citizens what they need to see.
Pineville will still have to acquire the new easements, but executives say they still expect the station to be operational until September 2026.