A FAULT in a key piece of equipment will force a delay in connecting Kerang customers to the natural gas network.
The gas pipeline is continuing to be installed in town streets in preparation for connection to homes and businesses, but necessary replacement of equipment at the gas supply station at the south end of the town in Tate Drive will create the delay.
The project director has advised Tas Gas Retail that there is a manufacturing fault in one of the key pieces of station equipment.
“Designed specifically for your town it allows natural gas to be supplied into the distribution network. We have been advised that, due to the complexity of the station equipment fault, it will require full replacement and the equipment will not be available until February or March 2017,” a Tas Gas Retail spokesman said.
“We have been advised that the project director has looked at bringing in replacement equipment from other proceeding project towns that are fault-free, however as the equipment is designed and sized for each town specifically, there is no appropriately sized equipment available within a shorter time-frame,” he said.
