Post by Logan on Feb 7, 2016 22:53:34 GMT -6
627 of 836 NH property owners deny Kinder Morgan surveyors access to their land
More than a year after subcontracted land surveyors started showing up in southern New Hampshire to assess a route that would be part of a proposed natural gas pipeline through the region, the majority of property owners — 627 of 836 — have denied surveyors access to their land.
“It's one of the only powers I hold right now to deny them access to my property and they still come on it,” said Tyler Seppala of Rindge.
Seppala filed a police report in October saying that members of a survey crew hired by Kinder Morgan/Tennessee Gas Pipeline trespassed onto his 5-acre property and placed pink ribbons on it, as well as onto two neighbor's properties, which also are posted.
Seppala said he knows of three separates times surveyors have trespassed on his property, but pressing charges has been difficult. “Our local police department's philosophy is, you have to catch them in the act,” he said. “If you don't catch them in the act, there is nothing they can do.”
See more at: www.unionleader.com/627-of-836-NH-property-owners-deny-Kinder-Morgan-surveyors-access-to-their-land
More than a year after subcontracted land surveyors started showing up in southern New Hampshire to assess a route that would be part of a proposed natural gas pipeline through the region, the majority of property owners — 627 of 836 — have denied surveyors access to their land.
“It's one of the only powers I hold right now to deny them access to my property and they still come on it,” said Tyler Seppala of Rindge.
Seppala filed a police report in October saying that members of a survey crew hired by Kinder Morgan/Tennessee Gas Pipeline trespassed onto his 5-acre property and placed pink ribbons on it, as well as onto two neighbor's properties, which also are posted.
Seppala said he knows of three separates times surveyors have trespassed on his property, but pressing charges has been difficult. “Our local police department's philosophy is, you have to catch them in the act,” he said. “If you don't catch them in the act, there is nothing they can do.”
See more at: www.unionleader.com/627-of-836-NH-property-owners-deny-Kinder-Morgan-surveyors-access-to-their-land