[PA Engineer]

“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.”

I just shake my head. I started out on R.O.W. studies (Northern Boarder Pipeline) with post commissioning inspections. If it wasn't for the line markers and test stations, you would not even know the line exists after restoration. There is nothing to prevent this person from "farming" after installation and land owners are well compensated for the impact.

I firmly believe there should be different per therm rate value at city gates to take into account a local NIMBY fee. This would put an end to a lot of this insane behavior. Let the locals see and pay for the crazy ones amongst them.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why play spite games?

It’s unclear whether the pipeline will have taps for feeding local service.

[thackney]

R.O.W. studies (Northern Boarder Pipeline)

I was a lead engineer on the mid-1990's big expansion from the Canadian Border into Chicago.

http://www.gie.com/images/stories/article/Chicago%20Project-%20Northern%20Border.pdf