Trainlawyer wrote:The plant is being converted to natural gas over the next few years. The pipe is going to use its own right-of-way from Millville. There is no plan to remove the railroad. Would you mind telling us where you read that?
GME
The station's last coal unit is scheduled for shut down not later than May of 2015. The cost to South Jersey Gas to acquire a new right of way for the pipeline would be substantial. Easements over existing rail or electric transmission rights of way are far less costly, and avoid the need for eminent domain, some nimbys, wetlands issues, Pinelands Commission issues, etc. The NJBPU also prefers using existing rights of way (far less political sensitivity). My educated guess is that South Jersey will for those reasons want to use the rail right of way, at least from Tuckahoe, for those reasons. Given, if I am correct that there are no other customers on the line, I suspect that the railroad will be willing to negotiate.