Northwest Oklahoma City water line project is progressing
A water line project that is part of the Lake Hefner water treatment plant expansion in northwest Oklahoma City is expected to be completed in September 2013.
A project that will increase water pressure for northwest Oklahoma City residents is causing short-term traffic problems.
Workers began installing 42-inch water lines in May, and the work is expected to continue until September 2013.
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I know it's a little bit of an inconvenience for us, but it's not a severe problem. I also know that it's going to help down the line as far as water pressure. It's not hurting our business.”
Dean Murphey
The installation of water lines is part of a larger project expanding the Lake Hefner water treatment plant.
“With the plant expansion to 100 million gallons per day from the Hefner plant, we needed more water lines to deliver more water,” utilities spokeswoman Debbie Ragan said.
Installation is ongoing in two sections of Hefner Road. The first is at Hefner and Western, the second at Lake Hefner Parkway and Hefner Road.
The intersection at Hefner Road and Western had been limited to one lane of traffic in each direction but was reopened to four lanes last week.
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The project at Hefner Road and Lake Hefner Parkway has caused significant delays in traffic at peak times with a small section of the street narrowed to two lanes in front of The Lighthouse Fitness Center.
The center's general manager, Dean Murphey, said the club is encouraging members to use the facility's rear entrance instead of the Hefner Road entrance.
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