Lyons View Multiple Utility Project Week Two Update

April 30, 2013 UPDATE - KUB and contractor Charles Blalock and Sons continued work this past week on the multiple utility construction project along Lyons View Pike.  Installation of the eight-inch sewer force main has been completed in Construction Zone 1 (east end of project).  Blalock and Sons, and subcontractor Pipeline Construction, have begun excavation and installation of water and natural gas mains in Construction Zone 1 this week.  Pipeline Construction successfully completed a test bore underneath the tunnel connecting the Cherokee Country Club parking lot and golf course on April 29,  No rock was encountered beneath the tunnel during this test bore, which means that the contractor should be able to install pipelines via a bore method, thereby minimizing excavation and expediting work in that area.  Lyons View Pike remains closed to through traffic for the remainder of the project.  Completion is scheduled for November 2013, prior to Thanksgiving.  Additionally, the Arrowhead Trail and Colony Way intersections with Lyons View Pike remain barricaded while construction is completed on the east end in Construction Zone 1.  Harley Drive will remain barricaded at the Lyons View Pike intersection for the duration of this project.  All local traffic entering and exiting Lyons View Pike must continue to do so from the west end, at the Northshore Drive intersection.