Lower Valley residents concerned over proposed pipeline

they weren’t told about a pipeline that could be running through their city. they found out a company has proposed building a natural-gas pipeline in their town. it is expected to run through clint and parts of san elizario, and residents are worried about their safety. abc-7’s jerry najera spoke to residents and the comany … he’s live with the story evan, josie: the company running this pipeline is oneok. it’s proposed pipeline would start in coyanosa — between pecos and fort stockton — through san eli and into mexico. emotions ran high at a clint town hall meeting this afternoon. “i just learned a while ago they already started and they are going to keep building the line” armida guerra and other residents are concerned about a natural gas pipeline that’s about 30 inches wide- 200 hundred miles long and will run through clint and parts of san elizario. the pipeline will begin in west texas- end at the border and provide gas for a company in mexico. a representative for the company oneok spoke to concerned residents. “our mai purpose for being here is to evaluate what those concerns are and take those back to our project team so that we can communicate with these people and answer their questions” the 500 hundred million dollar project is expected to transport up to 640 million cubic feet of natural gas every day. the first phase of the construction is expected to be done in early 2016. some aren’t thrilled with the idea. san elizario mayor maya sanchez says residents would like more information before they begin constructing the pipeline through their town. “they said they don’t have actual dates they are going to start laying the pipe but they said they can start as early as august” sanchez tells abc-7 most of the pipeline will run through farm land. others say having the pipeline isn’t worth the trouble. “we’re concerned that this isn’ in the public interest. this is really a pipeline going to mexico and it’s really for mexico so we don’t feel this is going to be beneficial to local residents” the project is expected to be completed in 2019 oneok officials say they will set more time aside to adress residents concerns.