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BARTOW, Fla. — Quite a lot of Polk County roads can be closed Monday morning for a examine of practically 16 miles of a pure gasoline pipeline.
The Florida Fuel Transmission Firm will take a look at the pipeline from State Street 33 (Commonwealth Avenue N) in Polk Metropolis to County Street 35A (Kathleen Street) In Kathleen alongside County Street 582 (Previous Polk Metropolis Street), N. Socrum Loop Street, Marcum Street and U.S. Freeway 98.
Throughout testing, the next street closures will happen:
First-responders would be the solely ones offered entry from midnight to 4 a.m.
If the take a look at doesn’t move, a second night time of testing can be vital.
This federally mandated testing is an ordinary trade best-practice utilizing pressurized water to verify the security and reliability of the system. The pure gasoline can be faraway from the pipeline, with service maintained on one other system; and the integrity of the pipeline can be examined below stress for a set time frame.
Further particulars might be discovered on-line at fgthydrotest.com/home/central-florida/polk/ or by contacting Invoice Skelton with the Polk County Roads & Drainage Division at 863-535-2200.
