Greenville Utilities Commission anticipates that its two new liquified natural gas cryogenic tanks, measuring 13 feet in diameter and 116 feet long, will be offloaded from a train and transported via truck this weekend. The tanks are for the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Plant expansion. The tanks will be slowly lifted off the rail car near Gum Road on Friday, June 20, or Saturday, June 21.
The first tank is anticipated to be transported on Saturday afternoon along US Highway 264 at about 3 mph, eventually stopping at the LNG plant on Old Pactolus Road. The second tank is anticipated to be transported Sunday afternoon.
This will require some closing of lanes and rerouting of traffic during the move, which is done in coordination with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The roads impacted will be Gum Road, NC Highways 11 and 33, Old Pactolus Road, and the intersection of Greenville Boulevard and US Highway 264.