Could A Corner of Belhaven Explode?

That might be hyperbole. But there are gas wells at the corner of North State Street and Riverside Drive, and another down on Lakeland near Smith-Wills, that could be dangerous according to today's Clarion Ledger.

If left unplugged, officials fear the wells eventually will explode. But the city says it does not have the money to act any time soon. "They are dangerous the way they are right now," Thelman Boyd, the city's public works director, told council members last week. One well is located on the corner of North State Street and Riverside Drive. The other is off of Lakeland Drive near Smith-Wills Stadium.