Work On Century Gas Leak Repair Project Delayed A Week

August 12, 2014

Construction was set to begin Monday on a project to repair a leaking section of natural gas pipe under Highway 29 in Century, but it’s going to be another week before work begins.

R.A.W. Construction, LLC of Tallahassee was set to go to work Monday to install new natural gas lines along the right-of-way of Highway 29 (North Century Boulevard) from about McCurdy Lane to West Highway 4 near the courthouse.  But town officials said the company had necessary equipment still tied up on a previous project and moved the start date for Century work to Monday, August 18.

About 6,515 feet of 4-inch steel natural gas line was buried beneath the southbound lanes of Highway 29 when the road was widened to four lanes. Now, nearly 50 years since the almost 1.25 mile long pipe was first put into the ground, the town believes the steel is corroding and leaking somewhere between West Highway 4 and McCurdy Street.

The repair project is due to be complete by November 25.

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One Response to “Work On Century Gas Leak Repair Project Delayed A Week”

  1. ngd on August 12th, 2014 8:06 pm

    They need to come down to Cox rd and check the leak that they were supposed to have fixed 2 or 3 weeks ago, it just about chokes me when I come up the hill.

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