16-Mile Pipeline Would Carry Fuel from Kaskaskia River to Scott Air Force Base

16-Mile Pipeline Would Carry Fuel from Kaskaskia River to Scott Air Force Base

Backers believe the pipeline is essential to ensuring the federal government keeps the military base open long term.

16-mile Pipeline to Transport Jet Fuel from Kaskaskia River to Scott Air Force Base

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, sa…