{"id":49359,"date":"2025-12-01T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49359\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:16:09","slug":"new-natural-gas-main-being-installed-in-lehigh-valley-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49359\/","title":{"rendered":"New natural gas main being installed in Lehigh Valley | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HELLERTOWN, Pa. &#8211; UGI Utilities just began a system upgrades project in Hellertown.<\/p>\n<p>The installation of the new natural gas main is expected to be completed by mid-January and have an impact on East High St. from Main St. to Easton Rd., according to a press release from UGI.<\/p>\n<p>The natural gas main replacement provides opportunities for some homes and businesses along the project route to convert to natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say construction is scheduled Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers, residents, and business owners may experience lane and parking restrictions during construction hours. There will be some interruptions to natural gas service, the release states.<\/p>\n<p>UGI says they will be required to have access to properties to inspect and relight equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Weather and working conditions may have an impact on the completion date. After underground work is complete, final paving and restoration will occur later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HELLERTOWN, Pa. &#8211; UGI Utilities just began a system upgrades project in Hellertown. The installation of the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,53,28465,204,28463,28466,28464,20935,4077],"class_list":{"0":"post-49359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-construction","12":"tag-east-high-st","13":"tag-hellertown","14":"tag-natural-gas-main-installation","15":"tag-service-interruption","16":"tag-system-upgrades","17":"tag-traffic-disruption","18":"tag-ugi-utilities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}