Are You Concerned About a Possible Pipeline Problem?

No construction or proposal is on the immediate horizon, but some residents are concerned after being approached by a company looking to survey land to possibly install a natural gas pipeline that could run through Tewksbury.

The Lowell Sun reported earlier this week that Kinder Morgan's Northeast Expansion Project Pipeline would begin in Wright, New York, and end in Dracut, spanning 179 miles along the way.

Kinder Morgan representatives, residents may have also heard of parent company Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, have been asking for permission to survey backyards in Tewksbury as a part of its plans.

Residents received packets about the possible pipeline project, which could start construction in 2017 and be functioning by 2018, according to the Lowell Sun report.

Surrounding towns have also reported residents being approached by the company, including Andover and North Reading. The Sun reported that about 200 people recently attended a meeting with the Nashoba Conservation Trust, and during that meeting participants vowed they would take a stand against the proposal.

Have you been approached by the company to survey your land? What was your response? Does this potential project concern you? Or are you open to the idea? Let us know in the comments section below.