Work Continues on New Duquesne Light Transmission Line Upgrades

Work continues on the Duquesne Light transmission line upgrades in Plum and Penn Hills, at the Verona border.

Duquesne Light is of the existing Colfax-Highland 69 kilovolt line to a single circuit 345 kilovolt line beginning at the Highland Substation in Pittsburgh, passing through Penn Hills and terminating at the existing Logan’s Ferry Substation in Plum.

According to the Highland-Logan's Ferry 345kV Transmission Line project website, the upgrade is needed to join the generation located in the western area of Duquesne Light’s system to the generation and load located in the northeastern area of its system.

This week, crews were refurbishing the access roads off Allegheny River Boulevard between Sandy Creek and Nadine roads in Penn Hills. They also will be restoring the work area between the water tower off Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum to the vicinity of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Crews are installing rope for wire pulling on Mount Avenue and Sylvan Street across Shannon and Indian Creek roads, right at the Penn Hills/Verona border. Wire pulling began this week.

Tree trimming will continue in the Area of Hulton Heights off of Hunter Road and in the right of way behind the Hunter Garden Apartments off Hunter Road in Penn Hills.

Crews also are installing wire from the right of way behind Friar Drive to the Fifth Street Extension in Penn Hills, and there could be  some brief closures of the Fifth Street Extension during the positioning of wire pulling equipment.