(December 2008) - Construction on Phase I of the U. S. Route 220 water line extension, which began in the summer of 2008, consists of the installation of approximately 26,800 lineal feet of 12-inch water line with appurtenances. This portion of the project will extend the water line from the Clearbrook community to the Roanoke County/Franklin County boundary line.
Aaron J. Conner General Contractor, the utility line contractor for Phase I of the U. S. Route 220 water line extension project, has completed approximately 54 percent of the Phase I project, which includes 10,600 linear feet of 12-inch ductile iron water line, 176 linear feet of 6-inch water line, 12 gate valves and nine fire hydrant assemblies. A. J. Conner presently has two crews working on the project between Red Hill Baptist Church and the Franklin County Line.
Phase II of the project consists of an additional 42,000 lineal feet of 12-inch water line, which will extend from the Roanoke County/Franklin County line to the Wirtz-Plateau Plaza area of Franklin County. Construction plans, as prepared by Earth Environmental Consultants, for Phase II of the project are approximately 90 percent complete and bidding of the project is waiting for Franklin County to approve its U S. Route 220 corridor study. Franklin County staff has prepared a draft of the U. S. Route 220 Corridor Study and is in the public participation phase of the review process.
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(October 2008) - Construction on Phase I of the U. S. Route 220 water line extension project began in the summer of 2008. This phase of the project, which extends from the Clearbrook community to the Roanoke County/Franklin County boundary line consists of the installation of approximately 26,800 lineal feet of 12-inch water line w