The $13.5-billion in total project volume reflected in this year’s ENR MidAtlantic Top Starts list is down sharply from the $21.2 billion posted in the year-ago period, but the previous year’s total was buoyed by seven energy-related megaprojects, led by the $6-billion Shell ethylene cracker plant in Monaca, Pa.
This year, only three energy projects made the list, but the top entry on the ranking is from that sector: the $4.6-billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline, whose route runs through Virginia and West Virginia.