Special Projects
KUB regularly communicates with customers and the community about major utility projects through news releases, construction letters to residents, and signs in the construction area. When there is particular interest about a project in an area, we may also have public meetings.
This page offers additional information, such as fact sheets, news releases, or maps, for some long-term major projects that may be of interest to the community. If you have questions or would like to make comments on a project, you can e-mail comm@kub.org or call 524-2911.
S. Northshore Drive Area - Combined Utilities Project
This project involves replacing aging underground utility infrastructure in the South Northshore Drive and Kingston Pike area. A section of S. Northshore Drive will be reduced to one northbound and one southbound lane of traffic between S. Weisgarber Road and Kingston Pike starting on Monday, May 9, and lasting through August 2011. KUB and its contractor have planned this project so that all underground utility lines in the immediate area will be replaced at one time. The majority of work was also planned during the summer months to lessen conflicts with school traffic. The projected construction: May 2011 to August 2011.
Traffic Advisory - KUB Contractor to Begin Lane Reduction on S. Northshore Drive on May 9
Traffic Advisory - KUB Construcion to Reduce Traffic on Section of S. Northshore Drive
Project Area Map
Topside Road -- Proposed Construction of a Natural Gas Gate Station
KUB hosted a public meeting from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, at Sevier Heights Baptist Church - Room 2204 to discuss a proposed construction project adjacent to the existing natural gas facility at 3715 Topside Road.
Topside Road Information Sheet
KUB Smart Grid Community Project
The KUB Smart Grid Community Project is funded by a grant from the Department of Energy as part of the federal government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It will include collaboration with the University of Tennessee on the installation of advanced metering infrastructure to 3,800 KUB customers in and around the University and the Fort Sanders area. This will provide these customers with near real-time information on their energy and water usage, enabling more efficient management of usage and costs.
Lower Third Creek Wastewater Storage Tank and Trunkline/Third Creek Greenway Detour
This project involves replacing 2,100 feet of wastewater trunkline along Third Creek. KUB will also construct a 6.5 million gallon wastewater storage tank at the west end of the Kuwahee Wastewater Treatment Plant on Neyland Drive and build a pump station near where Third Creek empties into the Tennessee River. The small parking lot in that area will be closed as part of the pump station project. The greenway detour will be in effect during the construction.
Projected construction: January 2010 to spring 2011.
