2023-11-22 05:00:54
From Mirror staff reports
Jackson Township, Cambria County, will receive more than $1.2 million in state funding to extend a natural gas pipeline into the Jackson Township Business Park.
The pipeline will be extended from Benshoff Hill Road to the business park on Laurel Ridge Road so that Waste Management can connect to it for its Laurel Highlands Hauling Co. and CNG Fueling Station.
“The extension of this pipeline not only will enable Waste Management to convert its truck fleet to compressed natural gas, but it will create 120 full-time jobs,” said state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Johnstown. “Getting natural gas to the Jackson Township Business Park is critical to attracting additional businesses and jobs to the area.”
Jackson Township supervisors Bruce Baker, John Wallet and Fred Meier said the funding is important to the business park project, which is beginning to take shape with the installation of water, sewer and highway improvements to Route 22.
“This grant for natural gas to the park is vital to us securing our first tenant,” the township supervisors said in a joint statement. In addition to supplying the business park, the gas line extension will serve about 62 homes.
Peoples Natural Gas will install an LS station and extend the natural gas line by 25,777 feet.
The total project cost is $2,436,820, with Peoples Natural Gas funding the other half of the project.
“This project will bring immediate jobs to Cambria County and make the Jackson Township Business Park more attractive to other employers,” said state Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Cambria.
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