City Council to review LNG waterfront project

PROVIDENCE – The City Council is expected to take a hard look at a liquefied natural gas facility proposed for the waterfront.

Council member Seth Yurdin said the project poses a threat to public health and safety, and is an environmental-justice concern, particularly for residents of low-income neighborhoods in South Providence and Washington Park, which are next to the city’s industrial port, ecoRI News reported.

Yurdin proposed a resolution that passed unanimously during the March 17 council meeting. It calls for a comprehensive environmental-impact statement for the $100 million project. The report would include air quality and traffic studies, a risk-management plan and public meetings in multiple neighborhoods.

South Providence and Washington Park suffer from high rates of asthma, presumably brought on by pollution from nearby Interstate 95 and industrial businesses at the port.

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The LNG project would be built next to an existing 127-foot-tall natural gas tank owned by National Grid. •

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