The Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Pipeline Investment Program recently awarded a $1.2 million grant to Jackson Township and Peoples Natural Gas to provide natural gas service to the Jackson Township Business Park in Cambria County and to nearby residents.
The township and Peoples Natural Gas will install a line station and extend the natural gas line 25,777 feet from Benshoff Hill Road to the business park located on Laurel Ridge Road.
One commercial customer and 60 residential homeowners along the route will receive natural gas service.
Waste Management of Pennsylvania purchased a lot in the Jackson Township Business Park for its Laurel Highlands Hauling Co. and CNG fueling station.
Waste Management has stated it is interested in converting its truck fleet to compressed natural gas. If so, Laurel Highlands Hauling would fuel approximately 90 trucks with compressed natural gas.
The project would create 120 full-time positions.
“This project will bring immediate jobs to Cambria County and make the Jackson Township Business Park more attractive to other employers,” state Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-Cambria County) said. “I am proud my advocacy delivered this significant investment into the 35th Senatorial District.”
The Commonwealth Financing Authority is an independent agency within the Department of Community and Economic Development. It administers many of state’s economic development and community improvement programs.