ALBION — A segment of a multimillion-dollar energy project runs under the far end of Richard and Barbara English's farm on Old Albion Road in Springfield Township.
Nearly four years ago, in April 2017, the Englishes received a payment in exchange for a right-of-way that allowed a section of the 28.3-mile Risberg natural gas pipeline to be installed on a swath of their property.
The 2,300 feet of pipe went in below the soil near where the Englishes grow corn and soybeans. Court records show the couple got $10 per foot.
Scores of the English's neighbors also granted rights-of-way for the pipeline. So did property owners in Ashtabula County, Ohio. More than 100 landowners in all agreed to provide access.