We must urge the Mayor to deny any deal with Spectra, before his decision is due next Wednesday. So please continue to call the Mayor and town councilors. Write them too.
PHONE - 781-340-5012
EMAIL - RHedlund@weymouth.ma.us
A day after our press conference, Mayor Hedlund announced that Spectra Energy has offered the town $47 million if the town ends their opposition to the compressor. Mayor Hedlund said that he is considering taking the deal.
Please call the Mayor and tell him not to accept any deal from Spectra: 781-335-2000
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The Patriot Ledger, 3/13/16
Last August The Patriot Ledger released a pro-compressor station editorial and faced immediate backlash from the community. We're happy to see that they may be shifting from their original stance.
WEYMOUTH – The Texas company looking to build a natural gas compressor station in North Weymouth has been touting its commitment to meet all federal safety mandates for months. But a subsidiary company of Spectra Energy was fined twice by federal regulators in the past six years for failing to meet safety standards and other requirements at its facilities, including a gas-detecting alarm system that was improperly calibrated for more than a year at a Connecticut compressor station, records show.
Spectra says the violations were “primarily administrative in nature,” and were quickly fixed. But opponents of the proposal, including public officials and resident groups in Weymouth, Quincy and Braintree, say the fines bolster their case that the compressor station in a densely populated area near the Fore River would pose a safety and health hazard to residents, businesses and commuters.
Read MoreWEYMOUTH – They usually look like oversized storage sheds set back behind tall chain-link fences with a series of pipes coming in one side and out the other.
The gas-fired turbines inside operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to build up pressure inside underground natural gas pipelines, some stretching thousands of miles across the country, to keep the gas flowing through the line.
So-called compressor stations are situated along natural gas pipelines crisscrossing the country, though pinpointing the exact number of them is difficult. Now residents in Weymouth and Quincy are lining up in an effort to stop the newest one from being built next to the Fore River in an area crowded with close to 1,000 homes and a cluster of industrial operations.
Read MoreQUINCY – Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch announced Tuesday that the city has formally filed to become an intervening party in the regulatory process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – a five-member appointed board that makes the final ruling on interstate natural gas pipelines.
Read MoreThe council Monday night unanimously approved a resolution opposing the proposed natural gas compressor station at the foot of the Fore River Bridge.
Read MoreWEYMOUTH – Residents of Weymouth, Quincy and Braintree have packed public meetings to oppose a natural gas compressor station planned for North Weymouth.
Weymouth’s mayor and town council have come out against it.
Read MoreFor more than three hours, speakers explained to representatives of a state board why they oppose a proposed natural gas compressor station near the foot of the Fore River Bridge in Weymouth.
Read MoreLocal opposition to the proposed Natural Gas Compressor Station abutting a dense residential community
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