FUD updates to be found along South Hobbs Road, as FMPC gives green light
Some Farragut homeowners in the areas along the east and west side of South Hobbs Road can expect to see First Utility District trucks and equipment in their neighborhoods in the near future.
Farragut Municipal Planning Commission approved FUD’s sanitary sewer upgrade plans during FMPC’s meeting Thursday, March 20.
The work is being done to existing sanitary sewer easement at the address range in front of Renaissance | Farragut development and extending to just west of South Hobbs Road, according to Farragut Community Development director Mark Shipley.
“This maintenance-related project involves replacing and upgrading an existing section of sanitary sewer line within mostly an existing sanitary sewer easement between 12744 and 12900 Kingston Pike,” Shipley said, adding the upgrades are being done because that area is growing with developments.
He explained the project involves removing and replacing an existing sanitary sewer line because “the existing line is undersized for the additional construction that is occurring in the general area.
“This section of line serves an area that extends to the I-40/75 Interstate at the Watt Road interchange and west to the Garnett Hills subdivision in Loudon County,” Shipley added. “A right-of-way permit has been applied for and the Town’s engineering staff will be working with FUD on coordinating the project.
“The work will require the existing sewer line to be removed, and the new sewer line to be added in the same trench. The sewer line section near South Hobbs Road will be shifted slightly to the north to provide better separation from the bridge and the creek.”
It will need to be contained “in a new sanitary sewer easement,” Shipley said. “The remainder of the work will be within an existing sanitary sewer easement. “
Various subject-to’s
Regardless, the approval is subject to the following:
• Obtaining a right of way permit from the Town’s Engineering Department.
• Coordinating erosion and traffic control with the Town’s Engineering Department.
• Providing a copy of the new easement needed for the South Hobbs Road section.
KUB gets approval
In similar action, the Board approved Knoxville Utility Board’s request for KUB to extend 720 feet of a 2-inch gas main line along a portion of Red Mill Lane to serve a property at 630 Red Mill Lane, where a house is being built.
KUB representative Gordon Watson said a new 2-inch medium-density polyethylene gas main will be extended roughly 720 feet on the south side of Red Mill Lane.
“This project will be completed by the KUB crew and use directional boring within the existing public right of way of Red Mill Lane,” Shipley said.
The approval for the extension also came with the following conditions:
• Obtaining a right-of-way permit from the Town’s Engineering Department.
• Coordinating erosion and traffic control with the Town’s Engineering Department.
