TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Drivers along Centerville Road in Tallahassee should prepare for overnight detours starting later this month as the city begins the next phase of an electric infrastructure upgrade aimed at improving reliability and storm resilience.
The City of Tallahassee will begin construction on Phase 4 of its electric infrastructure enhancement project along Centerville Road on Sept. 25. The work is designed to strengthen the electric system’s resilience against severe weather and improve reliability.
Phase 4 includes replacing power lines and poles along Centerville Road from Woodgate Way to roughly Potts Road. The work extends upgrades completed earlier this year between Hodges Drive and Woodgate Way. The city is upgrading power lines to a stronger, tree-coded cable intended for the canopy road environment along Centerville Road.
To lessen impacts to neighborhoods and drivers, City Electric crews will work overnight from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., seven days a week. The city said efforts will be made to minimize impacts from construction noise and nighttime work zone lighting.
Emergency vehicles will always be allowed through the work zone, but regular traffic will be detoured during construction hours. Local access only will be permitted up to the work zone, and access to private property will be maintained.
A detour map is available at https://bit.ly/4hblAOw.
Regular traffic detours during construction hours are expected to include:
– Northbound traffic on Centerville Road detoured at Betton Road.
– Southbound traffic on Centerville Road detoured at Capital Circle NE.
– Northbound traffic on Blair Stone Road detoured at Miccosukee Road.
The city said its Electric Utility has implemented other system enhancements on and near the corridor over the last 10 years, and that completing this project will help meet modern operational needs while creating new redundancies and efficiencies to improve reliability.