An ongoing gas leak on Moultrie Street isn’t just a literal and figurative headache to neighbors. It’s also raising concerns over the prospect of worse complications, including the ghost of National Grid Bureaucratic Nightmares Yet To Come.
Local resident Thomas Handschiegel notified Greenpointers about the leak, which he says has been festering for over a month, and to little avail from National Grid.
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You think with the danger of an explosion National Grid would actually move on this a little faster. Of course until enough gas builds up under those metal plates and a smoker or a truck from the area ignites it setting of a huge explosion and destroy life and property for a block around it. Naturally National Grid and the city will admit no wrong doing but will vehemently vow to “get to the bottom of this.” Once the news dies down the original negligence will be swept under the table in a sea of bureaucracy so everyone up the chain, execs and politicians, can save their jobs and continue business as usual.