Above Photo:Â Mark Palczewski | Special to PennLive. Lancaster Against Pipelines Protest. A priest is arrested while blocking the Columbia Avenue pipeline construction entrance to stop construction workers in Columbia, Lancaster County, PA on October, 21 2017. Mark Palczewski | Special to PennLive.
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Five more members of the Lancaster Against Pipelines organization were arrested on Saturday, bringing the total number of arrests to 45.
The organization said on Sunday these five protesters, who include one minor, are the latest to oppose the construction of the Williams Partners Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, which is being constructed through Lancaster County.
The five were arrested in Martic Township by stopping construction on Martic Heights as they sat in front of a working backhoe, according to the group.
This follows the arrest of three on Tuesday, as well as previous protests that resulted in arrests in October.
A court order filed by protestors had temporarily halted work, but the stay was removed by the court Nov. 8.
The pipeline will ship natural gas across 183 miles of Pennsylvania, connecting gas-producing regions in the northeast to customers in the mid-Atlantic and the South.
