This article originally ran in Belleville News on July 28, 2025.
A 16-mile pipeline that would carry jet fuel from the Kaskaskia River in rural St. Clair County to Scott Air Force Base is a feasible project, according to a new study. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District and its engineering partners concluded in the recent $350,000 study that building the pipeline would provide multiple benefits compared to trucking in jet fuel to the airbase, said Ed Weilbacher, the district’s general manager.
“The question then becomes: Now, how do we take it to the next step?” he said.
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