RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Middle Tennessee Electric is moving a substation in Williamson County to Rutherford County. That was Amy Byers, Public Relations Coordinator for MTE. Original plans to move the substation equipment on Tuesday had to be scrubbed when they realized the transport vehicle would sink into the soft gravel covered terrain. To prevent sinking on Thursday, contractors placed steel plates on top of the gravel to move it across the landscape.
Byers said the reason for the .
(Rutherford County, TN) Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) workers and contractors are moving a large substation transformer from MTE’s Owl Hollow Substation in Franklin to Rutherford County on Thursday, May 25. Traffic is expected to be considerably affected during the moving process.
The move was initially scheduled for Tuesday but postponed to Thursday due to unforeseen complications. It will take place over several hours between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to avoid school t .
SEE UPDATED PLANS: MTE to Move Substation on Thursday (May 25, 2023) HERE
Previous Plans to Move Substation Tuesday (below) were cancelled. See the updated news story above.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) workers and contractors are moving MTE’s Owl Hollow substation in Franklin on Tuesday, May 23 all the way to Rutherford County. Traffic is expected to be considerably affected during the moving process.
Duplex Road will be nearly shut do .