Merritt Circuit

Above, top: The engineer’s rendering of the eventual tie-line for the Merritt and Dawson Creek circuits. Above, bottom: The engineer’s rendering of improvements to the Dowry Creek circuit.

This spring, Tideland began several construction projects to improve service reliability and increase capacity on Pamlico County’s Merritt circuit. The current work projects include:

• Reconductor the three-phase line along Merritt circuit south. This will boost reliability and capacity. ($345,000)
• Redirect the Merritt circuit exit from Silver Hill substation. This effectively reduces the circuit’s overall length 1 mile. ($500,000)
• Tree trimming in the rights-of-way. While this is a ongoing activity, we have aligned the current tree trimming schedule to coincide with the Merritt circuit construction projects. ($305,000)

Once these projects are complete we will undertake the following:

• Reconductor the Merritt circuit three-phase along Trent Road ($422,000)
• Build a new tie-line between the Merritt and Dawson Creek circuits. The new tie-line will travel from Kershaw Road to Orchard Creek Rd. ($289,000)

Dowry Creek

The co-op will invest $805,000 to rebuild and reconductor 15 miles of line on the Dowry Creek circuit. Work will begin near the Hyde County soybean crushing facility on Highway 45 and terminate north of Lake Phelps near Newland Road.