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$43 million storm hardening on high-voltage transmission lines is being done in Four Points by LCRA

LCRA Transmission Services Corporation is performing storm hardening on the 14.2-mile Marshall Ford-McNeil 138-kV transmission line and portions of the Marshall Ford-Spicewood and Spicewood-McNeil transmission lines.
The project will increase the reliability and safety of the structures and conductor by ensuring the transmission lines meet or exceed current National Electrical Safety Code and LCRA TSC design standards.
The lines being worked on go from near Mansfield Dam off Ranch Road 620 eastward crossing Highway 183 and Mopac in north Austin to the Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park area. Work will also occur on a section of the lines just west of Spicewood Springs Road, traveling adjacent to the road northward about 1.3 miles to Old Lampasas Trail.
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