Wyre Council is to spend �60,000 on fighting plans by Canatxx to store gas underground at Preesall in Lancashire. A full meeting of the council decided on Thursday to spend �40,000 on consultants and barristers to represent the council at a public inquiry.
The inquiry will be held later this year into plans to store up to 2m tonnes of gas under the River Wyre.
A further �20,000 will be spent on investigating plans to carry gas from the proposed site to nearby Nateby.
The council formally opposed the energy firm's plans at a meeting in February.
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