CENTERVILLE -- Having chosen the Pages Lane route for its Porcupine Ridge Pipeline, Holly Energy Partners is hosting an open house on Aug. 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Taylor Elementary School, 293 E. Pages Lane. The open house is being held to educate the public about the pipeline, discuss the proposed route, share the construction timeline and what Holly will do to ease the construction process. "We have studied, listened and evaluated key criteria: safety, environmental concerns, feasibility, time and costs, for the past several months and have determined that the Pages Lane route is the best possible alignment, said Jim Townsend, Holly Energy Partners vice president of operations. The pipeline originates in southwestern Wyoming and parallels the right-of-way of an existing pipeline through Summit County, south of Echo Reservoir and through Coalville.

It will he cross into Morgan County north of East Canyon Reservoir and traverse the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in a pre-existing designated utility corridor. As the pipeline enters the valley above Bountiful, it will proceed a short distance north along the foothills, then turn west down pages Lane and south to the D&RG tracks to the refinery.

Townsend said the oil company is building the Porcupine Ridge Pipeline to remedy quantity and quality issues surrounding the crude oil supply. The pipeline is expected to cost about $50 million and bring about 50,000 barrels per day of heavier Canadian crude oil to the refinery basin daily.

Before the pipeline is built, Holly Energy Partners will work with city officials, the U.S. Forest Service and the construction contractor to complete additional engineering studies, complete acquisition of the right-of-way and obtain the needed permits.

Construction should begin in April 2007 with completion by September 2007. The Pages Lane portion is expected to take only about six weeks.

Townsend said that as the pipeline comes into the valley, Holly will use conventional and open-trench construction on the upper portion of Pages Lane where the street winds, and it will bore under the remainder of the road where it is straight to help reduce impact of the construction in an urban environment. Townsend said the company has a comprehensive plan to refill and resurface the street.

mwilliams@davisclipper.com