Natural gas regulator site to get more fencing
Central Hudson has been granted permission by the city Planning Board to carry out the project.
KINGSTON, N.Y. » Additional fencing is to be erected at the site of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.’s natural gas regulator station at the corner of Washington Avenue and Janet Street.
Luke Mangels, a representative of the utility, told the city Planning Board during a virtual meeting Monday that the original fencing around the regulator station butted up to a neighbor’s fence. He said the neighbor’s fence since has become compromised and a section essentially is on the ground.
“This [new] fence would just be to match the existing fence, and to be able to put that barrier back up, because we’ve had some complaints about some homeless individuals staying on the property,” Mangels said. “So we’re trying to make sure it’s secure.”
The Planning Board unanimously approved a special permit amendment to allow the additional fencing.
The above-ground natural gas regulator station was constructed in 2018, replacing apparatus on nearby Emerson Street that was built in 1930.
The new station consists 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 approximately 5,100 customers in the area.
During the Planning Board review of the station proposal, neighbors raised concerns about the safety of the new apparatus, its impact on the community and property values, and noise it would generate.