Citizens can look for detours with temporary closures in day-long project
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On Sunday, Oct. 16. an empty 150,000 gallon water tank that sits on four legs will be dismantled by a crew at the intersection of South Phillips Ranch Road and West Bluebriar Drive. Contributed photos -
Once the crews cut the large tank into several sections and remove the pieces, workers will then start dismantling the legs. -
The structure is catty-corner from a new 350 thousand-gallon modern tank on a large cylindrical stem on Bluebriar and North Phillips Ranch Road. -
The structure to be removed is catty-corner from a new 350 thousand-gallon modern tank on a large cylindrical stem on Bluebriar and North Phillips Ranch Road.
The dismantling of an old water tower recently replaced with one over twice the capacity will signal a milestone in upgrades in Granite Shoals.
On Sunday, Oct. 16. an empty 150,000 gallon water tank that sits on four legs will be dismantled by a crew at the intersection of South Phillips Ranch Road and West Bluebriar Drive. The structure to be removed is catty-corner from a new 350 thousand-gallon modern tank on a large cylindrical stem on Bluebriar and North Phillips Ranch Road.
“All this is going to happen on Sunday. There's going to be a traffic plan,” said Mayor Aaron Garcia.
“There's going to be traffic control. There may be an alternate route to take... side streets.
People from the city, public works (and police) will be out there.”
Officials expect the crews to start arriving around 6 a.m. Sunday morning to launch safety protocols, prep rigging equipment and then “start cutting” into the tank.
“Residents will see a large crane around 10:30 a.m.,” Garcia said.
Once the crews cut the large tank into several sections and remove the pieces, workers will then start dismantling the legs, he explained.
“They'll haul it away from there,” he said.
He added that the goal is the work “should be completed in the late afternoon.”