Plans fizzle for propane tank in Tobyville after protest
TOBYVILLE — Although it will cost him more money, a businessman who wants to avoid angering neighbors in Quail Valley and Ancient Oaks says he has decided not to locate an 18,000-gallon propane tank in the area.
Cameron Travis said he left a neighborhood meeting Sept. 12 after upset residents threatened him with litigation over his plans concerning a natural-gas delivery business.
“Their agenda was to tell me how I was going to kill people,” he said after attending the gathering on CR 144. “It’s definitely not my intention to make anybody mad. It will cost me upwards of $100,000 more to find another location.”
PHOTO: Tobyville residents protested a plan to locate an 18,000-gallon propane storage tank in the area, saying they feared there could be an explosion and that property values would plummet. Businessman Cameron Travis said after meeting with residents, he has decided not to install the industrial-size tank in the Quail Valley subdivision. Staff photo by Connie Swinney