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We, as residents of Grafton, hereby petition to prohibit the construction of the proposed massive 320,000 gallon LPG storage/Trans-Loading facility at 42 Westborough Road, North Grafton. We believe this facility should be prohibited for the following reasons:
1. Its close proximity to homes in this residentially zoned neighborhood.
2. Its close proximity to the North Grafton Elementary School, Nelson Park, and Library.
3. The risk of explosion at the facility and its catastrophic effects.
4. The Town of Grafton's lack of a full time Fire Department.
5. The proposed use of used tanks, which are reportedly over 50 years old.
6. The suspected corroded condition of these tanks.
7. The transport of these tanks, each weighing between 228,000 lbs. to 244,000 lbs., over the two old bridges that cross the Bummet Brook.
8. The location of this facility entirely within the town's Water Supply Overlay District.
9. The safety risk of the projected 1,000s of trucks per year that would be traveling through the Town's roads.
10. The detrimental effect that these trucks would have on the Town's roads.
11. The potential terrorism target that this facility would pose.
12. The diminished property values for area homes.
13. The resultant decreased tax revenues for the Town of Grafton.
14. The increase in Home Owners insurance for area residents.
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February 12, 2015
I have been spending so much time looking at maps of those old bridges and honestly the thought of those tanks crossing them just makes my stomach turn. People keep emailing me their own worries about the proximity to the school and it is getting harder to sleep knowing how close this project actually is to where our kids play.
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Are you kidding me? 50 year old tanks? That is a disaster waiting to happen right next to an elementary school. Put them somewhere else.
The roads in grafton cant even handle regular traffic let alone thousands of heavy trucks a year. Total madness.
Nobody wants a bomb in their backyard. Think about the property values too. Grafton deserves better than this.
THIS IS OUR WATER SUPPLY!! Why would they even consider this?? Absolute insanity.
Just look at those bridges. They are going to crumble under that kind of weight. Who approved this logic?
To get an understanding of the explosive power of LPG please watch this video. The example in this video is 30,000 gallons. The rail car itself travels ~3,600 ft. I would not want to consider what 300,000 gallons would do... The explosion radius from a 250 gallon tank is 300ft. The North Grafton Elementary School is slightly more than 1,000 ft. away from the proposed LPG site. Not only is this particular LPG site not an appropriate location, but I would be petitioning against this proposal in any neighboring towns. http://www.military.com/video/explosions/blast/30000-gallons-of-propane-explodes/1231135923001/ (please note that beyond the 2:30 mark, this video no longer applies to an LPG facility).
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We, as residents of Grafton, hereby petition to prohibit the construction of the proposed massive 320,000 gallon LPG storage/Trans-Loading facility at 42 Westborough Road, North Grafton. We believe this facility should be prohibited for the following reasons:
1. Its close proximity to homes in this residentially zoned neighborhood.
2. Its close proximity to the North Grafton Elementary School, Nelson Park, and Library.
3. The risk of explosion at the facility and its catastrophic effects.
4. The Town of Grafton's lack of a full time Fire Department.
5. The proposed use of used tanks, which are reportedly over 50 years old.
6. The suspected corroded condition of these tanks.
7. The transport of these tanks, each weighing between 228,000 lbs. to 244,000 lbs., over the two old bridges that cross the Bummet Brook.
8. The location of this facility entirely within the town's Water Supply Overlay District.
9. The safety risk of the projected 1,000s of trucks per year that would be traveling through the Town's roads.
10. The detrimental effect that these trucks would have on the Town's roads.
11. The potential terrorism target that this facility would pose.
12. The diminished property values for area homes.
13. The resultant decreased tax revenues for the Town of Grafton.
14. The increase in Home Owners insurance for area residents.
This petition is also in paper form. If you have signed the paper petition do not sign this one as well.
Updates
February 12, 2015
I have been spending so much time looking at maps of those old bridges and honestly the thought of those tanks crossing them just makes my stomach turn. People keep emailing me their own worries about the proximity to the school and it is getting harder to sleep knowing how close this project actually is to where our kids play.
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My kids play at Nelson Park all the time. This is dangerous and irresponsible. Keep this out of our neighborhood.
Are you kidding me? 50 year old tanks? That is a disaster waiting to happen right next to an elementary school. Put them somewhere else.
The roads in grafton cant even handle regular traffic let alone thousands of heavy trucks a year. Total madness.
Nobody wants a bomb in their backyard. Think about the property values too. Grafton deserves better than this.
THIS IS OUR WATER SUPPLY!! Why would they even consider this?? Absolute insanity.
Just look at those bridges. They are going to crumble under that kind of weight. Who approved this logic?
To get an understanding of the explosive power of LPG please watch this video. The example in this video is 30,000 gallons. The rail car itself travels ~3,600 ft. I would not want to consider what 300,000 gallons would do... The explosion radius from a 250 gallon tank is 300ft. The North Grafton Elementary School is slightly more than 1,000 ft. away from the proposed LPG site. Not only is this particular LPG site not an appropriate location, but I would be petitioning against this proposal in any neighboring towns. http://www.military.com/video/explosions/blast/30000-gallons-of-propane-explodes/1231135923001/ (please note that beyond the 2:30 mark, this video no longer applies to an LPG facility).
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My kids play at Nelson Park all the time. This is dangerous and irresponsible. Keep this out of our neighborhood.