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DTE seeks easements at Delta County fairgrounds to reroute gas lines for MDOT project; board delays decision
Summary
DTE told commissioners it must relocate high-pressure and distribution gas lines for MDOT’s US‑2 reconstruction and requested a 20-by-30-foot SRT site and a 10-foot pipeline easement on fairgrounds property; the board asked staff to prepare easement language and deferred action to the next meeting.
DTE representatives told the Delta County Board of Commissioners on April 21 that a planned MDOT reconstruction of U.S. 2 requires relocating several high-pressure steel and distribution gas lines, and asked the board to approve easements on fairgrounds property to site a pressure-regulation station and a distribution corridor.
Chris Hackbarth, DTE’s regional manager for Northern Michigan, said the MDOT project requires utilities within the footprint to move assets. His presentation described phased work starting in spring: a high-pressure steel replacement phase and separate distribution relocations. DTE asked for a roughly 20-by-30-foot easement to place…
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