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Kingston council opposes Pilgrim Pipeline
Jan 14, 2015 12:03 am
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman reports the city of Kingston Common Council voted 8-0 last week to adopt a memorializing resolution opposing the Pilgrim Pipeline proposal. The proposed 178-mile Pilgrim Pipeline would move Bakken crude from Albany to Linden, NJ, through Albany, Greene, and Ulster counties, and send refined crude back to Albany, largely along the I-87 corridor. In Greene County, the proposed project veers east of Route 9W west of Sleepy Hollow Lake in Athens, and then back near the interstate around Leeds-Athens Road. After Catskill, the pipeline veers west of the interstate briefly around Cauterskill Road. So far, Rosendale, New Paltz, Woodstock, and Rhinebeck have also passed measures opposing the pipeline. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.