West Hills Natural Gas Project

August 3, 2018 UPDATE – OVERALL PROJECT UPDATE: Zone 1 – All work completed in mid-April, including 7,200 feet of new main and 64 service connections. Zone 2 – Scheduled for completion by October 2018, including 9,100 total feet of natural gas main. Twenty-three of 70 total service lines have been connected as of early August. Work remains on Chesterfield Drive, Corteland Drive, and N. Winston Road in this area. Completion of work in Zone 2 is scheduled for October 2018. Zone 3 – Construction to install 11,000 feet of natural gas pipeline and connect 115 services was finished in late July, ahead of schedule. Zone 4 – KUB Underground Construction crews have installed approximately 70 percent of the natural gas main in this area, including 10 of 103 service connections. The scope of work in this area was expanded to include Buckingham Drive, Dorchester Drive, and Newcastle Road. Completion in this area is scheduled for December 2018. ZONE 2: KUB contractor Classic City Mechanical worked in the Corteland Drive area this week to connect sections of newly-installed natural gas main. They will work at 409 N. Winston Road (near West Hills Baptist Church) and the 8200-block of Chesterfield Drive next week. ZONE 4: East Tennessee Pipeline crews worked on Downing Drive, Rockingham Drive, Bennington Drive, and Shadycrest Lane this past week. Crews will resume work on Shadycrest Lane and Rockingham Drive next week. Construction is also expected to start next week on an additional 3,000 feet of steel main replacement on Dorchester Drive and Newcastle Road (see attached map). Customers in this area were notified about the start of construction by mail this week.