Through its Accelerated Main Replacement Program (AMRP), Peoples Gas is updating its natural gas delivery system throughout the city of Chicago by replacing cast iron gas pipes in its system to ensure long-term safety and reliability. This program was put into place in 2011, and over the next 20 years, nearly 2,000 miles of natural gas pipe will be replaced, bringing valuable improvements to the natural gas service.
The program also:
Removes/replaces deteriorating cast- and ductile iron pipe with safer plastic pipe
Upgrades system from low to medium pressure
Moves inside meters outside
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