Watch heads explode in 3....2......1.
That's a damn shame. Pretty kewl, isolated little place, all gone, soon.
? What place is that?
If it is where I think it is...and now that I look, it is not...
My bad. I was thinking of Piney Point....
If it is where I think it is...and now that I look, it is not...
My bad. I was thinking of Piney Point....
The Piney Point terminal is huge, by comparison. But it was recently shut down. Now we just wonder what happens to 450 acres of storage tanks, pumping stations, loading/unloading terminal, etc....?
Spend some tax dollars cleaning it up (shovel ready jobs) get some dough for scrap and then have some premo real estate to sell to recoup the clean up costs. :shrug:
Personally, I never saw how reversing the direction of product flow really changed much of anything. I've wondered if the now-deactivated Piney Point oil terminal would have life again if their product categories could be exported. That used to be a "major" employer in the area.
Friend just got back from an Amtrak trip out west, he said if you ever go don't plan things around the trains published schedule because OIL freight rules the road. They would have to wait while TANKER trains carrying oil would get right of way. even wheat etc would have to standby , it's all about oil...
So, would be great to get these OIL pipelines rolling again too, export for us, get some money to help economy.
Premo real estate is right..and not just what is owned by NuStar. The pipelines to the loading terminal severely restrict vessel access to the inland waters just north of Piney Point proper. Removing that pipeline would open up a whole bunch of waterfront property to boat access; instant jump in value.
Plus don't forget the airfield.
The Piney Point terminal is huge, by comparison. But it was recently shut down. Now we just wonder what happens to 450 acres of storage tanks, pumping stations, loading/unloading terminal, etc....?
Massive brownfields clean up would be a hindrance. That would keep the value of the property down.
Personally, I never saw how reversing the direction of product flow really changed much of anything. I've wondered if the now-deactivated Piney Point oil terminal would have life again if their product categories could be exported. That used to be a "major" employer in the area.