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WARREN -- Dominion Energy Ohio plans to start replacing its old pipeline in the city next week.
The $4.27 million project will result in 26,056 feet of bare steel pipeline being replaced with corrosion-resistant coated steel or plastic line as part of three separate projects.
Affected customers can expect Dominion or its contractors to turn off their natural gas service for a short time, generally one to three hours, to replace the lines, which connect company mainlines to customers' premises.
Dominion assumes responsibility for the service lines, which run from the curb to the company's meter at the customers' premises.
The first project, a $1.5 million project, is scheduled to begin Monday and will impact portions of Hoyt, Maple, Second, Third and Fourth streets, and Hayes and Highland avenues. The work, which will include replacing 143 service lines, is scheduled to be done by March 30.
The second protect, scheduled to begin Jan. 2, will affect portions of Highland Avenue SW, between Dover Avenue SW and Fourth Street SW in the city, and extend to Warren Township. The $1.19 million project replace 60 service lines is scheduled to be done by April 16.
Project three, slated to begin in February, will affect Tod Avenue and include replacing 49 service lines. The $1.6 million project's completion date is in May.
All completion dates are contingent on weather.
The projects are part of the $4 billion infrastructure replacement program the company launched in mid-2008. The 25-year effort involves replacing more than 5,500 miles of the company's 22,000-mile pipeline system.
Dominion said it will attempt to notify customers impacted by the work 24 to 48 hours prior to the start of each project to arrange access. The company might need to perform additional work at customers' homes or businesses, at no charge, including:
• Inspecting and testing any interior service lines;
• Verifying the reading on an inside meter;
• Replacing the service line, which delivers natural gas from the main line to the gas meter;
• Changing the gas meter.
Dominion Energy Ohio personnel, or a qualified contractor working for the company, will relight customer appliances once the work is complete. If a problem is discovered with any of the house lines, which run from the gas meter to the natural gas appliances, it is the responsibility of the property owner to have the repairs made by a qualified plumber or contractor.
Once the work is completed, restoration will begin as soon as weather permits, including street paving, driveways and approaches. Typical yard restoration is limited to grading and seeding, the company said.
Dominion Energy Ohio will post informational signs in the area where work is being performed.