Duke Energy started construction Monday on the controversial Central Corridor Pipeline – a 12-mile pipeline that will run through Sharonville, Sycamore Township, Blue Ash, Evendale, Reading, Amberley Village and Golf Manor.
Duke says the new pipeline is necessary to replace aging infrastructure. It will reduce reliance on gas from stations south of the region and allow Duke to retire peaking plants that supply gas in cold weather.
But residents in the communities on the pipeline s route have long opposed the project, saying they fear for their safety and worry the pipeline will leak or explode.
There will be crews working in different locations along the pipeline, according to a news release from Duke, with some doing trench installation while others work on underground boring installation.
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