(Map courtesy Kinder Morgan)

A proposed $2 billion, 430-mile pipeline that would funnel natural gas from the Texas Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast is expected to cut through Hays County.

In September, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline (KMTP), LLC, a multi-million dollar Houston-based energy infrastructure company, announced its final investment decision to move forward with the Permian Highway Pipeline Project.

That project calls for a 430-mile underground pipeline that starts in Waha in far west Texas...