Mayor Hedlund on Compressor Station: 'Weymouth Has Had Enough'

WEYMOUTH, MA - Days after rejecting a $47 million mitigation deal, Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund is speaking out again against a proposed compressor station in North Weymouth.

Friday, Hedlund posted his testimony from a May 11 hearing in front of the Energy Facilities Siting Board, which includes his concerns and reasons for opposing the project.

"The town suffers from unequal burden of existing natural gas facilities, including Calpine’s generating plant next to the location of the proposed compressor station, Braintree’s Potter Station generating facility across the Fore River, Algonquin’s existing 30-inch natural gas pipeline, the Hubline, an Algonquin metering station already on this parcel, and two compressors as part of Calpine’s generating plant," he said according to the testimony.

The proposed 7,700-horse power station would be located near the Fore River Bridge. Both the mayors of neighboring Quincy and Braintree have come out against the proposal, as has the Braintree Town Council.

"Weymouth has had enough," he noted.

Click here to read the full testimony.