Originally, Cypress officials proposed sending the pipeline through Pooler. A high density of existing commercial and residential development caused Cypress officials to nix that route and favor a less built-upon, more westerly approach through Bloomingdale. Gail Bauer and husband Kenny Bauer study an aerial photograph of west Chatham County showing the location of the proposed natural gas pipeline at a public meeting held by Cypress Natural Gas Company at the Bloomingdale Community Center. Webb and her husband, Brantley, live on property that is currently used for pine tree farming. Their parents live nearby on land that would be cut by the Cypress preferred pipeline route.
People are concerned about it being in their yards.
They just feel like they're going to have problems selling their homes with a gas line in the yard. Mrs. Jimmie Lee Greene has lived on U.S. 80 in Bloomingdale since the mid-1980s when her husband, the late Rev. Joe Greene, retired as pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Now, she's afraid the pipeline, which would cut through her property, would hurt her chances of ever making money from the land if developers come calling. Many Bloomingdale residents eye the massive residential and commercial growth neighboring Pooler has seen in recent years. With the development of the Jimmy Deloach Parkway in their area, they had hoped they'd be next.