据世界管道10月22日报道，尽管在2019年期间面临各种法律和监管方面的挑战，Mountain Valley管道项目团队还是取得了重大进展。MVP的三个压缩站和三个认证的互联网络现在已经全部完成，同时，大约80%的管道工程也已经完成，包括264英里长的管道焊接都已经到位。此外，大约50%的开发权利已经完全恢复。
10月15日美国联邦能源监管委员会(FERC)发布了一份命令，根据美国上诉法院于2017年11月发布的命令，暂停MVP的施工进度。MVP于2019年8月的自愿暂停工程施工，因此，大部分MVP的前期建设工作已经被推迟了，但这已经在很大程度上为冬季的施工做了准备。FERC的命令要求MVP专注于环境的恢复和保护，这是MVP团队为冬季做准备时的首要任务，包括加强侵蚀和沉积物控制，2020年底管道投入使用的日期和成本调整反映了先前计划的施工进度的变化。
因无法在溪流和湿地工作，该项目自愿暂停施工，使MVP无法完全完成部分路线，导致更多的主线工作转移到2020年。
邹勤 摘译自 世界管道
原文如下：
Mountain Valley Pipeline project work to be 90% complete by year-end 2019
Notwithstanding various legal and regulatory challenges during 2019, the Mountain Valley Pipeline project team was able to make significant construction progress. MVP's three compressor stations and three certificated interconnects are now 100% complete; approximately 80% of the pipeline work is also complete, which includes 264 miles of pipe welded and in place. Moreover, approximately 50% of the right-of-way has been fully restored.
On 15 October the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a project-wide order halting forward-construction progress in response to the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals order granting a stay of MVP's Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in November 2017. Much of MVP's forward-construction work was already deferred in accordance with MVP's August 2019 voluntary suspension or had been largely winding down for the winter season. The FERC's order directs MVP to focus The project's voluntary suspension of forward-construction and inability to work in streams and wetlands prevented MVP from fully completing portions of the route, resulting in a shift of more mainline work into 2020.