Supervisors to allow survey of park
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A company attempting to start construction on a pipeline that would convey liquid propane and ethane from the MarkWest fractionalization plant in Chartiers Township to Delmont in Westmoreland County was given permission by the Chartiers supervisors to survey township-owned property for a possible second line.
The supervisors voted Tuesday to authorize Sunoco Pipeline L.P. to conduct a survey of Ullom Park to investigate the potential installation of the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
“They don’t even know if they will put in a second pipeline,” said Jodi Noble, township manager, “but they are giving it due diligence.”
Noble said such a line would likely parallel a similar line put through the property last year by MarkWest from its plant on Route 519.
Last March, the supervisors approved a temporary workplace easement in the area to MarkWest for $20,000.
The company has not given the township any sort of time frame as to when it would make a decision on the pipeline.
Sunoco is currently in litigation with North Strabane Township property owners over whether the company has eminent domain powers to condemn private property it needs to develop the pipeline.
Ronald and Sallie Cox are fighting to protect the wooded area they own along South Spring Valley Road.
Sunoco had planned to build the pipeline late last year that would have extended from Delmont across Pennsylvania and into Delaware near Marcus Hook.
The supervisors will open bids Feb. 14 for reconstructing a mile-and-a-half stretch of Allison Hollow Road from just off Pike Street to just before Kings Road.
Noble said the work includes full reconstruction with work on storm water inlets. Some trees that present a potential safety issue also will be removed.
Noble said the successful bidder will start with work such as the tree removal. The project is to be completed in August before the start of the Washington County Fair, set to run from Aug. 9 through 16.
Work is also continuing on the township’s community center.
No opening date has been set but work is nearing completion.