The entire pipeline project is costed at around $5 billion, and is the largest gas pipeline under construction in North America. Congressman Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio) said recently that the project will hopefully lower energy prices for consumers. "The more areas of supply that you can draw from in bringing natural gas into a region, the better that is for consumers," the Congressman said. "The price of electricity and the price of natural gas coming into the household is likely to go down." According to Mr Fore, approximately 500 workers are currently laying the pipeline in Ohio, but he went on to say that 2,500 workers would be involved when construction proceeds at full capacity later this year. The State of Ohio will receive between $60 million and $80 million annually in tax revenue from the pipeline once it is operational.