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.