Local residents are invited to attend a meeting next month concerning the future of the Hunter Gas Pipeline.
It comes after it was recently announced energy pioneer Santos had acquired the company, which owns an underground gas pipeline route between Wallumbilla in Queensland and Newcastle.
Santos plans to use the company's pipeline route as part of their Narrabri Gas Project, which aims to deliver gas to east coast domestic markets in the shortest timeframe possible.
The proposed 833km pipeline would pass through communities in Scone, Muswellbrook, Singleton, Maitland and Newcastle.
The community meeting has been organised by Federal Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson, and will give residents, farmers and landholders the opportunity to address Santos directly.
"Some of the concerns include the depth of the pipeline, easements and how that will work, what people can plant above and around the pipeline, and the course of the pipeline; where it's actually going to be. Things like that are genuine concerns and I feel people have the right to be heard," Ms Swanson said.
"Santos needs to have these consultations in good faith, which they've assured me they will," she added.
The meeting will be held in Ms Swanson's office on the 19th of September.
She said the community should take the opportunity to voice their concerns.
"This consultation with Santos is a genuine process and I encourage people who are in my electorate and directly impacted, to reach out to my Raymond Terrance office and come along to the meeting in September."
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| The proposed Hunter Gas Pipeline route |
