PG&E upgrading gas lines along Oro Quincy Highway

PG&E will begin work on a project to upgrade natural gas lines beginning Monday along Oro Quincy Highway in Oroville. The project will continue through mid-December.

Crew members will be digging trenches to install more than 4,000 feet of gas lines. Existing natural gas pipes will be replaced with new 2-inch and 4-inch diameter plastic gas distribution pipe lines.

PG&E said in a press release that the project will improve the safety and reliability of the local gas distribution system.

Crews will be working on Oro Quincy Highway between the west end of Myrtle Drive to Leonard Way, along all of Woodcrest Drive, a small portion of Myrtle Drive near the east intersection of Oro Quincy Highway, small portions of the east and west ends of Casa Loma Way and a small portion of Travers Lane at Oro Quincy Highway.

Drivers can expect occasional one-way traffic controls from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and occasional Saturdays with the exception of holidays.

PG&E stated that it has sent letters and automated phone calls to customers along the work area and road signage is posted to alert drivers of upcoming delays.