Friday, April 17, 2009

Tamarac to be closed on Tuesday, April 21st

I received this email from an employee of Altus Power and wanted to pass on the info as I'm sure most of us use Tamarac at least once a day. Here is the media release from Altus Power:

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Scott
City of Altus Electric Superintendent
580-481-2240
dscott@cityofaltus.org
or
Mary Billingsley
City of Altus PIO Assistant / Electric Department Secretary
580-481-2240
mbillingsley@cityofaltus.org


FOR IMMEDIATE AND REPEATED RELEASE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON APRIL 21, 2009

Tamarack Road Closing for Transformer Move

ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, April 16, 2009/--After years of planning and work, the new Veterans Substation, located at Veterans and Tamarack, is ready to receive the transformer that is the center of the substation operations. The transformer will be moved from its present location at the Tamarack Substation on West Tamarack on Tuesday, April 21. The move will begin at 8:00 AM on Tuesday and is expected to take approximately 10 hours. To facilitate the move, parts of West and East Tamarack will be closed in sequence as the transformer progresses to its new site. For safety reasons, the closings will include all public and private access to Tamarack, including streets, driveways, entrances, exits and alleys on Tamarack at some time during the move. Citizens are advised to allow for the closings and plan alternate routes as needed. The longest closings will be while the transformer is taken out of the Tamarack Substation and when it is being moved into the Veterans Substation; the actual transport will take less time. After the transformer has passed each section, the accesses will be reopened to traffic as soon as possible. Beginning at 8:00 AM, the sequence of the closings will be as follows:

Section 1
The intersection of Bradford St. and Market Rd. will be closed to all north bound traffic,
Tamarack and Market Road will be closed to all east bound traffic,
The west entrance to the Southwest Area Vo-Tech will be closed to all traffic, and
Flamingo Road and Tamarack will be closed to all traffic while the transformer is removed from the Tamarack Substation and begins moving eastward. This part of the move may take several hours and all intersections will remain closed until the transformer has passed Tamarack and Main.

Section 2
On Tamarack the east entrance to the Vo-Tech, the entrance to the Health Department, all the southern entrances and exits to Western Oklahoma State College and all northern entrances and exits to the Red River Federal Credit Union will be closed to all traffic, Robin and Tamarack will be closed to all traffic, Main and Tamarack will be closed to all traffic and all intersections will remain closed until the transformer has passed Tamarack and Main.

Section 3
Tamarack Road between Main Street and Park Lane will be closed to all eastbound traffic and
All public and private entrances and exits to the south side of Tamarack between Main and Park Lane will be closed until the transformer has passed Park Lane.

Section 4
Tamarack east of Park Lane and Veterans north of Falcon Road will be closed to all traffic,
All entrances
North bound traffic on Veterans will be diverted onto Falcon Road,
East bound traffic on Veterans will be diverted south on Park Lane,
All public and private entrances and exits to both sides of Tamarack east of Park Lane will be closed, and
All public and private entrances and exits to both sides of Veterans north of Falcon will be closed until the transformer has been placed in the Veterans substation, a procedure that could take several hours. Once the transformer is in place, all traffic on all streets will be returned to normal.
Altus Power would like to thank everyone for their patience and cooperation during the move and remind anyone with questions or concerns about the move or the closings to contact us at 580-481-2240. The office is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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