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Council refers question on US Venture fuel-transport project for more information
Summary
City council members heard a presentation about a proposed buried fuel line and barge transport project that would shift fuel deliveries from tanker trucks to barges and voted to refer the grant-support request to a future meeting while requesting studies and safety documentation.
City of St. Francis officials on an item requested by State Representative Christine Znicke heard a presentation about a regional project to move petroleum by barge and underground pipeline and voted to refer a request for a letter of support for a federal PIDP grant application to a future meeting while staff seeks additional study materials.
The project, presented by Mark Rapal, would add a buried pipeline along the railroad corridor near I-794 to enable barge deliveries that could substitute for thousands of repeated 7,000-gallon tanker truck trips between Green Bay and Milwaukee. Rapal said the proposal would “help fund the Lake Michigan Maritime Highway Transportation…
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