Yorktown Group Runs Survey about $1.5 Million Pipeline Lease Money

Last year, Yorktown issued a license to Spectra Energy to use parts of Granite Knolls West Park and Sylvan Glen Park Preserve as temporary workspace while it replaces its existing natural Algonquin gas pipeline with a larger one.

The company is doing the work in increments; so far it has announced the AIM, Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast projects.

Yorktown received $1.5 million from Spectra for the license.

The group Citizens for an Informed Yorktown has created a survey to ask residents what they think that money should be used for.

"So far, our elected officials have been silent on what they plan to do with the $1.5 million," the organizers, who include co-founders Susan Siegel and Linda Miller, wrote on their website. "But many people believe that residents should have some input on how the money is used."

To share their opinion with the Town Board, Yorktown residents can complete a short, anonymous online survey.

Citizens for an Informed Yorktown describes itself as a non-partisan effort dedicated to increasing the level of resident participation in town affairs.

When completed, CIY will forward the survey results to the Town Board.

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