Dominion needs to stop spraying

Traveling west on Fontaine Avenue, one cannot help but notice the unsightly herbicide spraying along the power line adjacent to Piedmont Housing, home to a number of families with young children.

Is this a “beautification” project by Dominion Power or one of its subcontractors? Wouldn’t it be more environmentally and socially responsible to spare us the toxicity of herbicides and instead hire workers at a living wage to clear the power line? Dominion or the subcontractor might even invest in appropriate plantings that could be maintained with regularity and contribute to the visual improvement to this primary avenue into our city.