Originally Posted by
indyfabz
There is a lot more exposure with replacing a pipeline than there is with, say, replacing underground cables. Substandard work can lead to an environmental nightmare. I just retired from the rail industry. The number of longitudinal and lateral pipelines occupations was mind boggling. Any significant work garnered serious scrutiny. The major work by Colonial underneath one of our busiest yards comes to mind.
Sounds like a singlularly ill-thought place to run a pipeline. Lots of ground vibration, minimal tolerance for rail yard operational disruptions, finger-pointing galore if there ever was a leak...
Why didn't they just suspend the pipeline over, say, 10 miles of I-95?