On Monday, JEA began the third phase of the $117 million Fulton Cut Transmission Line Clearance Project.
“Today we’re doing a make ready, work to get ready to pull the conductors in,” Darrell Hamilton, Manager of Transmission and Substation Projects with JEA, said. “It’s a prerequisite before pulling the actual conductor.”
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Over the next several weeks, JEA will be raising six new transmission lines over the St. Johns River from Blount Island to Fort Caroline.
Specialized linemen dangling from helicopters attached two ropes and pulleys from each tower across the river to its respective tower. From there, the ropes will pull in the actual transmission lines…