The delivery of reliable, affordable electricity to our customers requires Tampa Electric to regularly maintain and, as required, add to our electrical system. With continued growth in your area, we must regularly monitor our system to ensure reliable service to our customers, now and in the future. Due to this growth, Tampa Electric added a second transformer and a new distribution circuit to our existing FishHawk substation.
Construction on the project began at the FishHawk substation, located off of FishHawk Boulevard, and followed a route from the substation north to Lithia Pinecrest Rd. then along the east side of Lithia Pinecrest Rd. to Lithia Springs Rd. The portion of the project along Lithia Pinecrest Rd. involved re-building the existing distribution line by replacing the existing electrical poles with new wood and/or concrete poles to accommodate both the new and existing lines.
The remainder of the work from Lithia Springs Park to Spring Rd., then north along Spring Rd. to Adelaide Ave., and from the intersection of Spring Rd. and Williams Blvd. east along Williams to Rose St. involved installing several new poles and upgrading the existing lines.
At the intersection of Rose St. and Lithia Pinecrest Rd. the line was run under Lithia Pinecrest Rd. and tied-in to the existing line on east side of Lithia Pinecrest Rd.
Construction on the project began in March 2008 and was completed in late August 2008.
If you would like additional information about the project, please call 813-275-3334.
