While
Vermont Gas Systems Inc. is now actively seeking the necessary permits and
easements it needs to extend its pipeline south into Vergennes and Middlebury
by next year, the company is also starting to lay the groundwork for the second
phase of its expansion plans: Service to International Paper Co. in
Ticonderoga, N.Y., by 2015, a construction project that will affect several
property owners in Cornwall and Shoreham.
Vermont
Gas officials have already met with the Cornwall selectboard for some
preliminary discussions about the 10.5-mile underground pipeline segment that
would extend from Middlebury through Cornwall and Shoreham, then flow under
Lake Champlain to the International Paper Co. mill in Ticonderoga.
