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Utility work at the site of Carpenter Technology Corporation’s Limestone County facility will force a weeklong road closure of Thomas L. Hammons Road.
The road runs east and west and intersects with U.S. 31 near the site of the specialty alloys manufacturer. It will be closed from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28.
Mike Pace, project executive with Turner Construction, said the reason for the closure is so workers can install an electrical duct bank to connect Carpenter’s Athens South site to what’s called Athens North.
Athens South is the former Delphi property where CTC purchased building 23.
Pace said traffic will be diverted around the affected area to a loop road that runs to the south side of the Delphi property and back to U.S. 31.
“We’ll have guards at each end directing traffic,” he said. “There are a few houses (down Hammons Road), and we’ve notified county officials and the adjoining neighbors.”
Pace said construction on the CTC facility is “going pretty well,” and added that workers will soon put the finishing touches on the interior of the plant’s metallurgy lab.
He said the foundation for the plant’s forge was also recently completed and that foundations for the main buildings are half completed. The German-made forge, considered the centerpiece of the operation, will be delivered in April via a barge on the Tennessee River.
“Things are pretty much right on track,” Pace said.
Local News
October 19, 2012
Carpenter Technology utility work to close road for a week
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