Kinnelon council expected to vote on Pilgrim Pipeline Thursday
“The Borough Council expects to consider a resolution in opposition of the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline at its Nov. 20 meeting.
At the Nov. 13 Borough Council work session, Mayor Robert Collins said while he publicly has stated his opposition to the pipeline, he did not know each council member’s position on the pipeline. Collins initiated discussion on his request to make a resolution opposing the pipeline part of the Nov. 20 consent agenda. Collins said he did not think Pilgrim representatives proved that the pipeline would benefit the borough at the Oct. 21 presentation they made in Kinnelon. Many municipalities in New Jersey along the proposed route are opposing Pilgrim’s plan, he said.
At the Oct. 21 meeting in Kinnelon, Pilgrim officials spoke of company plans to build a 178-mile pipeline from Albany to Linden. Pilgrim wants to construct an 18-inch pipeline southbound to carry the crude to refineries and a 16-inch pipe to transport the refined products back to Albany.
At the Nov. 13 work session meeting, Jim Tasca of Brook Valley Road said he felt Pilgrim representatives were arrogant at the Oct. 21 meeting. Tasca lost some of his property through eminent domain when Interstate 287 went through Kinnelon. Tasca already has three gas lines operated by Spectra Energy on his property.”
Walsch, Deborah. North Jersey 19 November 2014.