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Arkansas East horizontal directional drill completes river crossing; commissioning expected by March or April
Summary
A staff member told the Mayor and Board Commissioners that contractors completed a 2,500-foot horizontal directional drill under the Arkansas East crossing on Dec. 14 and expect full commissioning by March or early April after demobilization and final interconnect work.
A staff member told the Mayor and Board Commissioners that contractors completed the Arkansas East horizontal directional drill under the river on Dec. 14, finishing the 2,500-foot crossing that had followed a prior attempt about a year earlier.
The update presented photos and progress notes from the pullback and removal of support equipment. "it is in and successfully completed," the staff member said, and added, "And by March, early April, we expect the entirety of this to be commissioned and ready for operation." The presenter also said some oversized conductor casing has been removed and crews will complete open-cut interconnects where the drill ties into previously installed pipe.
The staff member showed sequential photos of the rig, the pipe string during pullback and the pull head, and said the installation was completed about 364 days after the prior attempt. Contractors will demobilize, then crews will finish the interconnects; the timeline given for those follow-up tasks was completion and commissioning by March or early April.
The presentation also noted the drill paralleled an adjoining utility transmission main; the staff member said that detail appears in the photos but did not provide additional operational or permitting details during the update. No formal motion or vote was recorded on this item during the meeting.
