2002 Vernonia Friendship Jamboree
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Major improvements underway at Wilcox & Flegel cardlock
sumps directly underneath the
fuel pumps.
When the station is finished,
Before the middle of August,
truck drivers will be able to
drive up between two fueling
Two more loads of gravel arrive from Morse Bros. Deer Island
facility.
islands at Wilcox & Flegel’s
Vernonia cardlock, and fill two
fuel tanks simultaneously-
without feeling like they’re
stretching a hose until it’s ready
to break.
That will be just one result of
the major project the company
has undertaken at its Vernonia
operation.
In addition to efficiency,
explained project manager
Mike Scott, safety is greatly en
hanced in the new design.
Double wall piping makes a
spill highly unlikely if a pipe
should leak. If that should
happen, however, the facility
includes all new drainage
systems, plus an oil/water
separator that has a 93-94
percent clean-up rating. Efforts
to avoid environmental damage
include fully self-contained
said Scott, who has been with
Wilcox & Flegel for 17 years,
customers will have a broader
selection of fuels, too. Instead
of two grades of gasoline, there
will be three, plus both low and
high sulfur diesel fuel.
Scott has been in the
construction department of
Wilcox & Flegel for twelve
years and has been project
manager for several new facili
ties. He noted that the station
will have to be closed for about
two days while the fuel lines are
being switched from the old
pumps to the new ones. He is
estimating August 5-6 as the
days it will be closed, but a
diesel fueling truck will be
brought to Vernonia to avoid
disruption to many customers.
Customers will be informed as
soon as the dates and times
are certain.
The station will be closed
again, around the end of
August, for paving.
Vernonia residents who do
not use the card lock will also
changes at Wilcox
Mike Scott is project manager
Flegel’s Vernonia cardlock.
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benefit from the work under
way, with additional, two-way
paved access between Weed
Avenue and Rose Avenue.
That part of the project required
a lot of changes, with both the
company and the City of Ver
nonia working to bring it about,
while also meeting the require
ments of the Oregon Depart
ment of Transportation.
Scott felt that City staff
worked hard to accommodate
the company while meeting the
City’s needs, too. "I can’t say
enough about Mike and Julie
and Robyn,” Scott said, “and
Kathy’s the best, too.”
Some operations have been
moved to St. Helens, but
Wilcox & Flegel plans to stay in
Vernonia, according to Steve
Wilcox. “This is a pretty good
investment,” Wilcox said, “but
we’re involved in the communi
ty and feel it’s a good long-term
investment."
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Pipes and sumps are visible during construction of Wilcox &
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This simple-looking combi
nation of plastic and metal is
a key element for containing
a fuel spill, or for shutting off
the flow of fuel in case of
fire.
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