It remains unclear if there can be a short-term solution to the closure of Cherry Valley Road, while the cost of a long-term solution keeps increasing.
The Shell Pipeline Co. and a contractor will pay $670,000 for violations that released chemicals into local waterways, including the Ohio River. The state Department of Environmental Protection, Shell and its contractor, Minnesota Limited, agreed to the settlement. The DEP said in a release that 67 inspections showed repeated violations