Work begins at gas regulator site
Station, at Washington Avenue and Janet Street, to be finished in August
Site preparation has begun for the installation of a natural gas regulator station on Washington Avenue.
John Maserjian, a spokesman for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., said equipment has been moved onto the site at the corner of Janet Street.
“For the regulator station project, survey work and the installation of temporary construction fencing was performed last week,” Maserjian said in an email. “Materials are being delivered to the site this week, and excavation will begin to set components of the regulator station.”
The station is expected to be completed in mid- to late-August, Maserjian said. And restoration of the site, as well as plantings, will “take place into September,” he said.
The general contractor for the regulator station project is Shaun B. Kalba Enterprises, and Central Hudson crews will coordinate the start-up of the station, Maserjian said.
The new regulator station will replace existing apparatus on nearby Emerson Street that was built in 1930. The new station is to consist of two lines that come out of the ground and go through equipment that is designed to balance the pressure of natural gas running to about 5,100 customers in the area.
During the review of the project, neighbors raised concerns about the safety of the new station, its impact on the community and property values, and noise it would generate.
A separate, unrelated project to replace aging natural gas mains in the same area is expected to start in mid-August, Maserjian said.
“This work is being coordinated with the city, and is taking place in advance of the city’s paving plans,” he said.
Maserjian said the Poughkeepsie-based utility is replacing gas mains throughout the region.
“Central Hudson is replacing older natural gas mains in cities and villages throughout the MidHudson Valley as part of a stateapproved program to address aging infrastructure,” he said.