Stafford County has chartered two buses to transport interested citizens to Richmond for the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s public hearings on July 11th on Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed transmission line through Garrisonville. The buses will leave from Colonial Forge High School, located at 550 Courthouse Road, at 8 a.m. on July 11th. They will leave Richmond when the hearing is over and return to Colonial Forge.

Each bus holds 55 people. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The State Corporation Commission hearing is scheduled to begin on July 11 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission’s Courtroom, which is located on the second floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond. Citizens will be able to speak at the beginning of the hearing on July 11. Anyone wanting to speak should arrive at least 15 minutes early to check in with the bailiff.

The State Corporation Commission will make the audio portion of the hearing available via webcast over the Internet. Stafford County will make the webcast available for citizens July 11-13 in the small conference room located on the ground floor of the Stafford Administration Center. Individuals can also access the webcast through their personal computers at the State Corporation Commission’s Web site at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/caseinfo/webcast.htm or from the Corporation’s main web page at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/, then click case information on the left hand side, then click webcasting. The case number is PUE-2006-00091.

Computers must be equipped with a sound card, an Internet connection and a web browser. In addition, computers must also have Windows Media Player, which is available at no cost from the Microsoft Web site (www.microsoft.com).

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