Homberg Drive Water Main Project

July 26, 2019 – KUB Underground Construction crews have completed installation of the new water main on the section of Homberg Drive between Whitaker Drive and progressing south and west to S. Mohican Street. Crews completed water main replacement on S. Mohican Street. Pending successful testing of the new water main, crews will shift focus to connecting customer service lines to the new main on the above-mentioned sections of Homberg Drive and S. Mohican Street. KUB Customer Support and Underground Construction will coordinate necessary water service interruptions to minimize impacts as connections are made. Following the service line connection work, crews will begin installation of the new water main on the section of Homberg Drive west of S. Mohican Street next week.

Fountain City Natural Gas Project

July 26, 2019 – Construction progress was temporarily slowed by heavy rains in the region earlier in the week. Next week, crews will install natural gas main on the section of Grove Drive between Martha Berry Drive and Mynatt Road. Potholing work to locate existing underground utilities is scheduled for Mynatt Road and Grove Drive between Martha Berry Drive east to Colonial Circle.

Holston Hills Natural Gas Project

July 26, 2019 Update – Post construction pipeline cleaning wrapped up on E. Sunset Road this week. Contractor East Tennessee Pipeline crews will continue installing natural gas main and making tie-in connections to existing mains on S. Chilhowee Drive next week. Pending completion of installation, crews will begin pipeline cleaning work on S. Chilhowee Drive.

Concord/Painter Avenue Area Wastewater Project

July 26, 2019 Update – Third Creek Greenway Trail Diversion – Wastewater rehabilitation work requiring trail diversions continues on the section of the Third Creek Greenway just west of S. Concord Street through July 2019.  The Third Creek Greenway remains open. Trail users are reminded to be aware of the presence of equipment, vehicles, and workers in the area while this work is completed. 

Sequoyah Hills Wastewater Project

July 26, 2019 UPDATE – Sequoyah Hills Wastewater Rehabilitation – Construction crews will work in the following areas next week with intermittent daily road closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

·         Kenesaw Avenue between Taliluna Avenue and Cherokee Boulevard

·         Navaho Road between Scenic Drive and South Garden Road

·         Taliluna Avenue between South Garden Road and Lakeland Drive

·         Iskagna Drive between Kenesaw Avenue and Keowee Avenue

Crews will also work on the following roads with intermittent lane closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

·         Cherokee Boulevard between Southgate Road and Scenic Drive (westbound lane closed during daytime work hours with traffic flow detoured via Southgate Road, Taliluna Avenue, South Garden Road, Navaho Road, and Scenic Drive)

-       Eastbound traffic flow on this stretch of Cherokee Boulevard and Sequoyah Greenway will remain open at all times

·         Keowee Avenue between Kenesaw Avenue and Talahi Drive

Crews will also work in the following off-road easements with no traffic impacts:

·         Easement between Kenesaw Ave and Woodside Street (Wastewater Rehabilitation)

·         Easement between Holloway Drive and Whitlow Avenue (Restoration)

·         Easement between Southgate Drive and Bluff View Road (Restoration)

·         Easement between Kenesaw Avenue and Agawela Avenue (Restoration)

Closed-circuit Television Inspection – Crews will continue to work throughout the Phase 2 area next week. Temporary lane closures will be implemented as needed when crews are present.

Sequoyah Park – Morgan Construction and their subcontractors continue to rehabilitate the existing wastewater main and manholes in Sequoyah Park. See the attached map showing current work corridors within the park. The park, all entrances and parking areas, and boat ramp remain open during this work. Morgan Construction is also maintaining a fenced area in the middle parking lot for equipment and materials storage. KUB has coordinated work in the park with City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation and the Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association. Informational banners have been placed in the park entrances/parking areas to provide park visitors with details about the wastewater rehabilitation work. Updates on the progress of work in the park will be posted weekly and as needed on this blog site.

Natural Gas System Work – Crews have resumed natural gas inspection and maintenance work at various locations throughout Sequoyah Hills. This work may require short term traffic impacts in the immediate area where crews are working.

Fountain City Natural Gas Project

July 19, 2019 – Contractor crews are nearing completion of new natural gas main installation along Martha Berry Drive. Crews will move next to Grove Drive to install a new main from Martha Berry Drive to Grove Villas Way. Potholing work to locate existing underground utilities also started on Mynatt Road this week and will continue on the section of Grove Drive from Martha Berry Drive east to Colonial Circle. Main installation will continue on Grove Drive next week, starting at Grove Villas Way and progressing north across Rifle Range Road to 2372 Mynatt Road.

Homeberg Drive Water Main Project

July 19, 2019 – KUB Underground Construction crews have installed approximately 1,000 feet of new water main on Homberg Drive, starting at Whitaker Drive and progressing south and west to S. Mohican Street. Crews are scheduled to work this weekend to install main and connect to the existing main on S. Mohican Street. Work will continue on the section of Homberg Drive west of S. Mohican Street next week.

Holston Hills Natural Gas Project

July 19, 2019 Update – Contractor East Tennessee Pipeline crews sleeved in a new 4-inch natural gas main into the abandoned 6-inch cast iron pipeline along S. Chilhowee Drive, starting at the Holston Drive intersection and working south. Crews will install remaining new pipe on S. Chilhowee Drive, to the E. Sunset Road intersection, next week. Post construction pipeline cleaning work will continue on East Sunset Drive next week. 

Sequoyah Hills Wastewater Project

July 19, 2019 UPDATE – Construction crews will work in the following areas next week with intermittent daily road closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

·         Kenesaw Avenue between Woodland Drive and Iskagna Drive (intermittent road closures as needed for paving and restoration)

·         Keowee Avenue between Kenesaw Avenue and Talahi Drive

·         Kenesaw Avenue between Taliluna Avenue and Cherokee Boulevard

Crews will also work on the following roads with intermittent lane closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

·         Cherokee Boulevard between Southgate Road and Scenic Drive (westbound lane closed during daytime work hours with traffic flow detoured via Southgate Road, Taliluna Avenue, South Garden Road, Navaho Road, and Scenic Drive)

-       Eastbound traffic flow on this stretch of Cherokee Boulevard and Sequoyah Greenway will remain open at all times

Crews will also work in the following off-road easements with no traffic impacts: 

·         Easement between Kenesaw Avenue and Woodside Street (Wastewater  rehabilitation)

·         Easement between Holloway Drive and Whitlow Avenue (Wastewater rehabilitation and restoration)

·         Easement between Kenesaw Avenue and Agawela Avenue (Wastewater rehabilitation)

·         Easement between Southgate Drive and Bluffview Drive (Restoration)

·         Easement between Bluffview Road and Southgate Drive (Restoration)

·         Easement between Keowee Avenue and Talahi Drive (Wastewater restoration)

Closed-circuit Television Inspection – Crews will continue to work throughout the Phase 2 area next week. Temporary lane closures will be implemented as needed when crews are present.

Sequoyah Park – Morgan Construction and their subcontractors continue to rehabilitate the existing wastewater main and manholes in Sequoyah Park. See the attached map showing current work corridors within the park. The park, all entrances and parking areas, and boat ramp remain open during this work. Morgan Construction is also maintaining a fenced area in the middle parking lot for equipment and materials storage. KUB has coordinated work in the park with City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation and the Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association. Informational banners have been placed in the park entrances/parking areas to provide park visitors with details about the wastewater rehabilitation work. Updates on the progress of work in the park will be posted weekly and as needed on this blog site.

Natural Gas System Work – Crews have resumed natural gas inspection and maintenance work at various locations throughout Sequoyah Hills. This work may require short term traffic impacts in the immediate area where crews are working.

Concord/Painter Avenue Third Creek Greenway

July 19, 2019 Update  – Third Creek Greenway Trail Diversion – Wastewater rehabilitation work requiring trail diversions continues on the section of the Third Creek Greenway just west of S. Concord Street through July 2019.  The Third Creek Greenway remains open. Trail users are reminded to be aware of the presence of equipment, vehicles, and workers in the area while this work is completed. See attached map.

Sequoyah Hills Wastewater Project Update

July 12, 2019 UPDATE – 

CLICK HERE to view a video update featuring KUB project manager SamBeck.

Sequoyah Hills Wastewater Rehabilitation – Construction crews will work in the following areas next week with intermittent daily road closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

• Kenesaw Avenue between Woodland Drive and Iskagna Drive (intermittent road closures as needed for paving and restoration)
• Keowee Avenue between Kenesaw Avenue and Talahi Drive

Crews will also work on the following roads with intermittent lane closures between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.:

• Cherokee Boulevard between Southgate Road and Scenic Drive (westbound lane closed during daytime work hours with traffic flow detoured via Southgate Road, Taliluna Avenue, South Garden Road, Navaho Road, and Scenic Drive)
• Eastbound traffic flow on this stretch of Cherokee Boulevard and Sequoyah Greenway will remain open at all times
• Navaho Road between South Garden Road and Scenic Drive
• South Garden Road between Navaho Road and Cherokee Boulevard

Crews will also work in the following off-road easements with no traffic impacts:

• Easement between Scenic Drive and Holloway Drive (wastewater rehabilitation and restoration)
• Easement between Holloway Drive and Whitlow Avenue (Wastewater rehabilitation and restoration)
• Easement between Southgate Drive and Bluff View Road (Restoration)

Closed-circuit Television Inspection – Crews will continue to work throughout the Phase 2 area next week. Temporary lane closures will be implemented as needed when crews are present.

Sequoyah Park – Morgan Construction and their subcontractors continue to rehabilitate the existing wastewater main and manholes in Sequoyah Park. See the attached map showing current work corridors within the park. The park, all entrances and parking areas, and boat ramp remain open during this work. Morgan Construction is also maintaining a fenced area in the middle parking lot for equipment and materials storage. KUB has coordinated work in the park with City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation and the Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association. Informational banners have been placed in the park entrances/parking areas to provide park visitors with details about the wastewater rehabilitation work. Updates on the progress of work in the park will be posted weekly and as needed on this blog site.

Natural Gas System Work – Natural gas work has been temporarily suspended in Sequoyah Hills as crews have been shifted to work on another area on the system.

Homberg Drive Water Main Replacement Project

July 12, 2019 -- Work started Tuesday, July 9, on Homberg Drive as opposed to starting on Kingston Pike as previously announced. Crews began construction activities near the Homberg Drive and Whitaker Drive intersection and move west along Homberg Drive. There will be temporary lane shifts of Homberg Drive in the immediate work zone through September 2019. Access to businesses and driveways will be maintained while crews perform work on Homberg Drive. There will also be work completed on a short section of S. Mohican Street at Homberg Drive. Kingston Pike will not be impacted during this timeframe.

Fountain City Natural Gas Project Update

July 12, 2019 – Contractor crews started potholing work to locate existing underground utilities and boring in sections of new natural gas mains between the 1900 and 2100 blocks on Martha Berry Drive this week. Construction will continue on Martha Berry Drive next week while also starting to pothole and bore in new main between the 6400-block of Grove Drive to the Rifle Range Road intersection.

Holston Hills Natural Gas Project

July 12, 2019 Update – Contractor East Tennessee Pipeline crews completed boring in sections of natural gas pipeline on East Sunset Drive this past week. Post construction work will continue on East Sunset Drive next week. Crews will also start work on S. Chilhowee Drive near the Holston Drive intersection next week.

Concord Street/Painter Avenue/Third Creek Greenway Wastewater Project

July 12, 2019 Update – Third Creek Greenway Trail Diversion – Wastewater rehabilitation work requiring trail diversions continues on the section of the Third Creek Greenway just west of S. Concord Street through July 2019.  The Third Creek Greenway remains open. Trail users are reminded to be aware of the presence of equipment, vehicles, and workers in the area while this work is completed. See attached map.

Homberg Drive Water Main Project

News Release

For Immediate Release

July 5, 2019

For more information, contact:

KUB Communications

Revised Construction Schedule for KUB Water System Improvements

Homberg Drive

KUB has revised the construction schedule for work to upgrade the water distribution system in the Kingston Pike and Homberg Drive area of Bearden.

Work will begin Tuesday, July 9, on Homberg Drive as opposed to Kingston Pike as previously announced. Crews will begin construction activities near the Homberg Drive and Whitaker Drive intersection and move west along Homberg Drive. There will be temporary lane shifts of Homberg Drive in the immediate work zone through September 2019. Access to businesses and driveways will be maintained while crews perform work on Homberg Drive. There will also be work completed on a short section of S. Mohican Street at Homberg Drive. Kingston Pike will not be impacted during this timeframe.

This project will replace more than 2,700 feet of aging pipe to improve reliability for customers and replace fire hydrants in the area.

Appropriate signs and devices will be in place to alert vehicle traffic to upcoming traffic changes. KUB asks commuters to be mindful of the presence of construction equipment, materials, vehicles, and workers when travelling through this area.

See the Homberg Drive map for more details. 

KUB is a municipal utility serving Knox and parts of seven adjacent counties and provides electric, gas, water, and wastewater services to more than 461,000 customers.

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