SAUK VILLAGE | Michael Murray, Enbridge Project Engineer for Line 78 which will run through Sauk Village, attended the Sauk Village Board of Trustees meeting informing the Village officials that they will be installing a new 36 inch crude oil pipeline. Construction is expected to bring about 400 to 600 workers into the area beginning in the fall of 2014 according to Enbridge's timeline. The pipeline will bring some 570,000 barrels of oil per day through Sauk Village from Pontiac, Illinois to Griffith, Indiana.
Enbridge came bearing gifts! They will be giving Sauk Village two used Chevy Trailblazers one which will be given to the Village's Homeland Security Agency, formerly ESDA. The other will be used by the Mayor, Village Clerk and some of the Village Trustees as an apparent "perk" to use for Village business. (EDITORIAL NOTE: While the Village's Homeland Security Agency is driving around in very aged vehicles, the administration apparently feels that their needs are greater).
In addition to the two vehicles, Enbridge is giving scholarships and will be paying to clean up the Village's Baseball Fields near Wagoner School, which have not been played on in many years now. The Village has no active baseball organization since the Sauk Village Sports Association disbanded despite efforts of Edward Sullivan who wanted to bring the program back for Sauk Village youth. Sullivan is no longer serving on the Parks and Recreation Committee.
The 36 inch crude oil pipeline will travel along the Norfolk and Southern and Canadian National Railway through Sauk Village into the Village's LogistiCenter and then south along the Commonwealth Edison easement which will provide little disruption to residential areas except for Candlelight Village's south end.
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| Pipeline Route indicated in RED |
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