Regarding Kinder Morgan’s route change through Richmond — rerouting miles of pipeline closer to residential homes where as before it went through vacant logging land:
Kinder Morgan states that the changes in the proposed route through Richmond were made to “accommodate town and regulatory agency requests.”
We town officials in Richmond
objected to Kinder Morgan’s proposed change and asked that this part of
the proposed route NOT be changed. The new route goes through a
residential and historic area that should not be disturbed. It now
parallels very close to the major road out of Richmond if we have to
evacuate because of a pipeline accident. It impacts a stream, Brickyard
Brook, that was previously minimally touched. In contrast, the original
proposed route went through vacant logging land, a much less invasive
proposal.
The representative from Kinder
Morgan told town officials that the change in route was at the request
of the landowner of the logging parcel that was on the original route, a
private deal negotiated between Kinder Morgan and the private land
owner without input from town officials.
Is it any wonder that town
officials are so mistrustful of Kinder Morgan when they tell different
stories to different officials, as in this case?
Carol Jameson
Chairman, Richmond Board of Selectmen
3 comments:
Not that I've ever thought that there was ANY reason to trust Kinder Morgan.... There's a wonderful letter to the editor written by Bob Weekes of Richmond that was published in the December 10 edition of the Sentinel. In it, he enumerates four of the untruths being propagated and promoted by Kinder Morgan's campaign, including the intended customer base (NOT us), lowering energy costs (again, NOT for us), creating jobs for local folks (nope, it won't) and being a "good corporate citizen" (look at their track record; again, a huge NOPE). Winchester Informer - if you could add that to the discussion, I believe that it might help open the eyes of a few people. Yes, I know that there are many who prefer to wear blinders rather then admit that there's more than meets the eye. Hmmm... b linders... wonder if that's how our friend on the blog got his name?
We have published a copy of Bob Weekes letter to the editor as you requested for our followers to read and educate themselves further.
Thank you!
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