ABCA Addresses Denton Commissioner Court from Runner Susan on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label taskforce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taskforce. Show all posts
Sunday, May 23, 2010
ABCA addresses the Denton County Commisioners Court
ABCA wants a taskforce to address the issues of gas exploration in denton county. See the powerful presentation given to the denton county commissioners court. County Commisssioners agreed to a taskforce and work has begun to put a best practices together for Denton County.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Construction of Whitehead well - Near Argyle Intermediate School
Why is there construction equipment at Old Justin Rd. and Front St.?
Construction is beginning on the Whitehead natural gas pad site. There will be 24 wells at this location. One of the concerns was traffic safety. A couple of people addressed this with the school board and town council in March. The town council voted to approve the wells ( and the Jenkins site, 12 wells behind AIS) but said they would form a group to look at the problem. Here is what has been done...
Representatives from Hillwood Oil and Gas Operating Company, the Union Pacific Railroad, Argyle I.S.D., the Town of Argyle, and the Argyle Police Department met at Argyle Town Hall for the initial meeting of the Hillwood/Whitehead Gas Well Safety Committee. All representatives at the meeting discussed various traffic safety issues and agreed on enforcing a number of safety standards. The safety issues centered around the ingress and egress proposed by Hillwood during the town permitting process. Hillwood will use Old Justin Rd. and 377 and line up the entrance to the site at Front Street. The concern was with added school and train traffic this intersection could become very dangerous. The task force has addressed many issues and here are some of the results:
Construction is beginning on the Whitehead natural gas pad site. There will be 24 wells at this location. One of the concerns was traffic safety. A couple of people addressed this with the school board and town council in March. The town council voted to approve the wells ( and the Jenkins site, 12 wells behind AIS) but said they would form a group to look at the problem. Here is what has been done...
Representatives from Hillwood Oil and Gas Operating Company, the Union Pacific Railroad, Argyle I.S.D., the Town of Argyle, and the Argyle Police Department met at Argyle Town Hall for the initial meeting of the Hillwood/Whitehead Gas Well Safety Committee. All representatives at the meeting discussed various traffic safety issues and agreed on enforcing a number of safety standards. The safety issues centered around the ingress and egress proposed by Hillwood during the town permitting process. Hillwood will use Old Justin Rd. and 377 and line up the entrance to the site at Front Street. The concern was with added school and train traffic this intersection could become very dangerous. The task force has addressed many issues and here are some of the results:
- UPRR(Union Pacific) will have a person on site
- Hillwood will have off duty police officers at 377 and Front St. when their trucks exceed 10 per day
- Hillwood will stage at another site to avoid overloading 377
- When material hauling begins- will have an off duty officers to assist with traffic and a flagger present
- Hillwood will have restricted times ( 2:30 - 4:30pm) in which they can move equipment in and out
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