Jamaica Plain residents carried out a creative protest against what they see as a dangerous high-pressure gas pipeline slated for next-door West Roxbury.
Here's part of a press release from the opponents of the project:
In the spirit of Paul Revere, a group calling themselves the “Parkway Pipeline Prevention League,” have drawn attention to the dangers of the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline. On the morning of May 15, they painted a bright red “Freedom Trail” along the pipeline route with several signs saying “No Spectra,” a reference to the Houston-based energy corporation slated to start work digging up West Roxbury streets in June. The paint is water-soluble.
JP residents Andrée Zaleska and Chuck Collins carried out the protest garbed in road-worker gear.
Federal regulators have already approved the pipeline, which runs next to a quarry where blasting is carried out.
“We feel an urgent need to alert our neighbors,” Zaleska said in statement. “This pipeline would present a clear and present danger, both because of local health and safety risks – and the reality of growing climate change and weird weather.”
City Councilor Matt O'Malley, who represents JP and West Roxbury, called the pipeline " The resulting paint job leads to a working quarry the pipeline would pass.[/caption]
[Editor's note: We've updated this item with statements from Spectra Energy.]