Posted on 06/27/2014 5:19:08 AM PDT by thackney
Plans to build a natural gas pipeline through central and western Massachusetts are running into opposition from residents in the communities affected.
The pipeline begins in Troy, Pennsylvania and runs through Wright, New York before entering Massachusetts in Richmond. It would run through dozens of communities before ending in Dracut.
But few residents expect to see any benefits from the pipeline plan.
It would go in front of our house. It would go through this hay field, said Pat Worth, one of those residents. Worth is afraid her 25-acre farm in rural Royalston will be ruined if a natural gas pipeline is ever allowed to be built.
It will destroy property values, she said. It will destroy any inheritance to our children. This is not a good thing.
Called the Northeast Expansion Project, Kinder Morgan, a Houston-based energy company is proposing a multi-billion dollar pipeline. It would cross into western Massachusetts and travel through more than three dozen New England communities.
Here is the issue energy experts in New England say demand for natural gas is skyrocketing. Half of the homes in Massachusetts now use it and an even larger number get their electricity from plants powered by natural gas.
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How about it, thack ... (grania’s #38) .. I’ve never known pipeline to cross water (not that it doesn’t ... I’ve just never seen it), but I DO know they’re the most clever little diggers to go under roads and highways with zero disruption.
To claim that part of Mass is too pristine, rugged or other nonsense is just silly. Those claiming so have little understanding where pipelines already are located.
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