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The Empire District gas Company

announces line UPGRADE PROJECT in brookfield, Missouri

JOPLIN, MO - April 19, 2017 - The Empire District Gas Company announced today that crews will be completing work to upgrade gas mains and service lines in the northwest and south central sections of Brookfield beginning next month. Weather permitting, construction should be complete in about 16 weeks, and is planned for the following areas:

  • Brookfield Avenue, west between Pratt and Elliot Streets, including Strawbridge, Gamble, Home, West, Smith, Dake, and McGowan
  • 300-400 blocks of North Clinton and 300 block of West John
  • From Helm Street south to Canal, including Monroe, Market, Main, Livingston, Caldwell, Clark, and Robard
  • Canal south to Lockling, including Monroe, Market, Harrison, Main, Caldwell, and Clinton
  • East Lockling from Main, east to Monroe, including Main and Fairlane Streets

According to Ben Spurgeon, Manager of Chillicothe Gas Operations, "We will install the mains first and follow this with the replacement of gas service lines," said Spurgeon. "To minimize disruption, much of the replacement main installation will be accomplished by directional drilling. To avoid damages to privately owned underground lines, our crews need home and business owners help to identify the location of individually owned buried pipes and wires. Private buried lines such as storm and sanitary sewer laterals, sprinkler systems, etc., are not flagged by the City or other utility providers. If you know the approximate location of your sewer lateral or sprinkler system piping, please mark with flags or stakes in advance of our construction work."

Spurgeon continued, "As individual service lines are replaced, we will temporarily interrupt gas service to each residence and/or business for approximately one to two hours. Upon completion of service line work, company personnel will need to gain access to homes or businesses to relight gas appliances."

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"Our crews will make every effort to minimize damage to lawns and streets. However, there will be some disruption, and we ask area residents and business owners to be patient as final clean-up work will be accomplished in the last phase of the project," said Spurgeon.

The Empire District Gas Company apologizes in advance for any inconvenience Brookfield residents may experience as a result of this construction work that is being completed to ensure reliable, safe natural gas service.

For questions about the project, please call Ben Spurgeon or Amie Kepner at 660-646-5851

Based in Joplin, Missouri, Empire District is a subsidiary of Liberty Utilities Co. and headquarters for the Liberty Utilities Central Region, providing electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater service to nearly 340,000 customers across seven states. A subsidiary of the company provides fiber optic services. For more information regarding Empire, visit www.empiredistrict.com. For more information about Liberty Utilities, visit www.libertyutilities.com.

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Contact:Julie Maus Ben Spurgeon Director of Corporate Communications Manager of Chillicothe Gas Operations

417-625-5101 660-646-6869

jmaus@empiredistrict.com

The Empire District Electric Company published this content on 19 April 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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