PG&E to Conduct Pipeline Testing Near Highway 280

The testing will take place on Tuesday.

Posted Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:46 am PT

PG&E on Tuesday will be conducting safety tests on a section of natural gas transmission pipeline near Redwood City.

Excavation work will allow crews to perform hydrotests on Line 109, which runs through the Interstate Highway 280 corridor, according to PG&E.

Crews will be testing a portion of the pipeline that runs between Wilmington Way and Sand Hill Road.

On Tuesday PG&E will be venting the gas out of the pipeline at a valve station near Edgewood Road and Canada Road.

PG&E said that residents in the area might be able to detect the smell of gas during testing.

--Bay City News

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