Underground Cable Replacement

Underground Cable Replacement Helps Ensure Future Electric Reliability

Crews this summer amped up a major upgrade to the City’s public power infrastructure funded by a nearly $3 million reinvestment in the community. The improvements will help secure electric reliability in the City for up to five decades.

“We’re replacing just over a mile of high-voltage underground cable that has served our community around 45 years,” said Chris Monacelli, Westerville Electric Division Manager. “This new, modern equipment will ensure continued reliability for the next 50 years.”

Work is taking place along South Hempstead Road from Colony Drive to south of Gentlewind Drive. In the summer, the project continues along South Hempstead Road from Laureen Court to south of Walnut Street. Then, in the fall, the project will be completed under Spring Road from Towers Park to Lawrence Road.

Danbert Electrical and Kerite Cable Services, the City’s contractors, began the project in late May in existing easements and road rights-of-way. Impacted residents were contacted about the possible impact to property. “We appreciate the cooperation of the residents in the area as we complete these improvements that will serve Westerville for years to come,” Monacelli said.

Work started with the inspection of the project area and marking of utilities, followed by the installation of protective conduits to house the new underground electric cables. Areas disturbed by the work will be restored within a few weeks of the conduit installation followed by the cable installation. All land disturbed during this process will be permanently restored.

“ This new, modern equipment will ensure continued reliability for the next 50 years. “

-CHRIS MONACELLI WESTERVILLE ELECTRIC DIVISION MANAGER

The replacement is expected to be complete by December 2020. All work is weather permitting.

Find updates about the project at www.westerville.

org/electric.

NOTIFICATION UTILITY LOCATION ELECTRICAL WORK PHASE 1 TEMPORARY RESTORATION ELECTRICAL WORK PHASE 2

Westerville Electric Division notifies customers in and around the project area. This letter and additional communications will keep you updated on project start and status.

A contracted utility locator will inspect the project area and mark underground utilities with brightly colored paint or flags. Install protective conduits to house the new underground electric cables. Work entails either digging a trench or using a boring machine to lay the protective conduits underground through backyards and along streets. Boring will be used to install most of the conduits to minimize the disturbance of existing areas. Areas disturbed by the work will be temporarily restored. There is typically a gap of one to three weeks between the completion of Phase 1 and the start of Phase 2. A contracted service provider will install electric cables in the protective conduits.

PERMANENT RESTORATION

Areas disturbed by the work will be permanently restored.