Columbus Breaks Ground on Second Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station
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August 16, 2013
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Columbus Breaks Ground on Second Compressed Natural Gas
Fueling Station
Mayor Michael B. Coleman, Councilmember Priscilla R. Tyson
and Emmanuel Remy, president of the Northland Community Council, broke ground
today on the city’s second compressed natural gas fueling station, on the North
Side of Columbus.
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Emmanuel Remy, Mayor Coleman, Councilmember
Tyson, and Fleet Administrator Kelly Reagan
break ground on the new CNG station. |
Located at 2333 Morse Rd, this fueling site is scheduled to
be open to the public and the city’s fleet in March. Compressed Natural Gas is
cleaner, domestically produced and cheaper—between $1.50 to $2 per gallon—than
diesel fuel.
“I am very proud of all the work we have done to make our
fleet the greenest in North America,” Mayor Coleman said. “This new CNG station
will continue our transition to cleaner fuel for a sustainable future.”
In April 2012, Columbus opened its first CNG station on the
East Side. Since then, nearly 200,000 gallons of CNG have been pumped, saving
approximately $300,000 when compared to the cost of diesel fuel. About 20
percent of the fuel pumped has been sold for private vehicles, and 80 percent
for city vehicles.
“The investments we make in green infrastructure today will
drive our city’s economic development and growth for years to come,” said
Councilmember Tyson. “We are able to make forward-thinking investments from our
capital budget because of our residents’ long history of support for bond
packages like the one that will be before voters this November.”
By 2020, the City of Columbus will have 440 CNG vehicles in
its fleet, which will save approximately $1.9 million per year in fuel costs
and reduce greenhouse gases by nearly 10,000 tons, which is equal to taking
more than 2,000 cars off the road annually.
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