Charter, Comcast approved to extend fiber optic cable
Farragut residents can expect to see Charter and Comcast trucks soon in their neighborhoods.
Farragut Municipal Planning Commission unanimously approved Comcast’s request to extend fiber optic cable along a portion of the east side of Concord Road, south of Kingston Pike, to service 116 Concord Road during FMPC’s meeting Thursday, Sept. 18.
“This project was reviewed last month as a mostly aerial installation of fiber optic cable along a portion of the west side of Concord Road and then crossing Concord Road with an aerial line to service 116 Concord Road,” Town Community Development director Mark Shipley said. “The applicant was unable to proceed as originally planned and is now requesting to extend the fiber along the east side of Concord Road using directional boring from the south side of Kingston Pike to ultimately service 116 Concord Road.
“The east side of Concord Road has a sidewalk,” Shipley explained. “The directional boring will be at a depth of at least 36 inches.
“The work will be performed by (subcontractor) Source Broadband, and they have a letter of credit on file with the Town to ensure that any affected areas are restored to their previous condition,” he said. “The staff recommends approval of this project subject to obtaining a right-of-way permit through the Town’s Engineering Department.
Also, FMPC unanimously approved Comcast’s request to extend fiber optic cable along the west side of South Campbell Road, using directional boring, from Kingston Pike south to service 109 S. Campbell Station Road.
In a similar action, FMPC unanimously approved Charter’s request to extend fiber optic cable along a portion of the overhead utility line system along the south side of Kingston Pike from 13020 Kingston Pike to 13128 Kingston Pike, then crossing Kingston Pike on an overhead utility line system with a directional bore of 540 feet to service 13123 Kingston Pike.
“This project involves the extension of fiber optic cable for Charter Communications mostly along an existing section of overhead utility lines on the south side of Kingston Pike, starting just east of the Advance Auto store at 13020 Kingston Pike and extending west to the Y-12 Federal Credit Union at 13128 Kingston Pike,” Shipley said. “Then the fiber optic cable would extend across Kingston Pike on an existing overhead utility line system to the property under construction for a new Publix grocery store.
“The fiber would then be extended underground to service the building under construction at 13123 Kingston Pike,” he said. “Most of this project is using an existing overhead utility line system.
“The underground portion is on the property at 13123 Kingston Pike,” Shipley said. “The work is being completed by MasTec Communications, and they have an existing letter of credit to cover the restoration of any areas affected by the installation.
“Since this work is mostly within the TDOT right of way, a right-of-way permit from (Tennessee Department of Transportation) will be required, in addition to the right-of-way permit required through the Town’s Engineering Department,” he said. “The staff recommends approval of this project subject to obtaining the right-of-way permit from TDOT and the Town’s Engineering Department.”
A MasTec representative said the company already has the TDOT permit.
