Eminent domain Virginia Beach funeral home losing some property to Dominion Energy for wind project [Video]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The winds of change are coming to a funeral home in Virginia Beach after losing part of its property to Dominion Power due to eminent domain.

Walton Funeral Home has been helping grieving families bury their loved ones for 57 years on Holland Road, but transmission lines for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project are set to come and will go through the property of the funeral home.

Three monopoles and high voltage power lines are in the process of going up for the offshore wind project, and the owner of Walton Funeral Home, Frank Walton, said it feels like a gut punch.

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“We certainly don’t want to stand in the way of the project, but we don’t want to be collateral damage in that project either,” Walton said.

Since 2023, Dominion …