
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993                   TAG: 9310210183
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN staff writer
DATELINE: PEMBROKE                                LENGTH: Short

PEMBROKE, NS REACH POSSIBLE PACT ON SEWAGE PLANTS

The town has reached a tentative agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp. that will allow the construction of a pump station for the town's proposed sewage treatment plant.

James Hartley, Pembroke's town attorney, said the railroad has agreed to donate land to the town for the project. In return, the town will grant an easement to the railroad so it can reach a parcel of land it owns and will continue to use.

A $5.5 million sewage treatment system is being proposed, with the pump station located on the property currently owned by the railroad.

Pembroke is the largest town in Western Virginia without such a sewage system. Almost $4 million of the project's cost will be paid for by federal grants.

If additional land is needed in the future to relocate the sewer line, the railroad also agrees to donate that land, Hartley said.

Hartley called the agreement "a deal that will work out well for the railroad and the town."

The tentative agreement was reached Wednesday between town and Norfolk Southern officials and must be approved by Pembroke Town Council and Norfolk Southern management.

The agreement, if approved, will mean the end to possible condemnation proceedings the town council had decided to pursue to obtain the land.

Last month, the railroad had offered the property to the town for $8,500.

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