Con Ed Offers No Information to Residents Who Incurred Damage from the Installation of the Gas Transmission Line

As a follow up to last week’s article on the damaged sewer laterals in Greenacres and Fox Meadow along the route of Con Ed’s recently installed 36” gas transmission line, we wrote to the Con Ed media representative.

We asked the following questions:

-What happened to the project? Did it extend to the Bronx? Is the gas line in use?

 -Are Scarsdale residents able to access the gas in that line?

- Is there still a moratorium on new gas service?

- What was the cost of the project?

 -Residents along Walworth Avenue have found that the gas transmission line damaged their lateral sewer lines - and estimate that it will cost each homeowner $35,000 to address the issue.

- Is Con Edison going to come back and do the repairs?

 -What about people who only find out they have an issue in the years to come - when they are attempting to get an inspection certificate to sell their homes?

 -What recourse do residents have?

 -How can a homeowner know if their home was impacted?

Here’s the response we received:

“We halted our work on the Scarsdale stretch of our White Plains-to-Bronx gas transmission line in October 2024. Our work continues on other stretches and we will resume work in Scarsdale at an undetermined date. The line is integral to our maintaining safe, reliable service for customers who rely on natural gas for their heating, hot water and cooking needs. We always seek to complete our projects with as little inconvenience to residents and businesses as possible.”

Con Ed failed to address any of the questions about the damaged sewer laterals and how residents can have these repaired.