A representative of the Summerville Park community appeared before the Rome City Commission to ask the same question many commissioners have been asking for weeks.
Why does Atlanta Gas Light want to run a high pressure gas line through a residential community, Penny Evans-Plants asked. She said if some tweaks to the route could be made to protect the new Mount Berry Trail, then neighborhoods should be protected as well.
Evans-Plants also asked questions about pipeline safety during her appearance before the city commission Monday night.
AGL program manager Todd Cape explained that issues related to crossing under Little Dry Creek caused problems. It resulted in the line being run through Summerville Park along Charlton Street, rather than John Davenport Drive.
A presentation on the path of a 9.3-mile gas pipeline through the city is slated for the Rome City Commission s Monday night caucus.
The board also is scheduled to discuss potential plans to annex some neighborhoods in the unincorporated part of the county during the virtual session.
Caucus is set to start at 5 p.m. with the regular meeting following at 6:30 p.m. The public meetings are accessible live online via Zoom and on the city s Facebook page, City of Rome, GA.
During the regular meeting, the board is expected to approve the renaming of part of East Third Street leading to the Summit Hill Foods plant formerly Southeastern Mills to Innovation Way.