Internet Installation Update (April 9, 2024)

Live Oak Fiber (LOF) finished the week of April 1-5, with 15,284 feet of new conduit placement, passing 136 homes. The team pulled 15,950  feet of fiber. Total linear conduit placed to date is 425,675 ft (80.62 miles).

Below is a map of the team's progress. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• The green areas are construction complete and ready for LOF service
• The yellow areas are currently in progress
• The white areas are yet to be constructed
  • SW corner = South Harbor and Grand Harbor (outside of The Landings)
  • Village Center, Thrive, and The Marshes (outside of The Landings)

Last week crews completed work on:

• Marsh Tower Lane
• Brisbane Court
• Priest Landing Drive
• Tondee Lane
• Landings Way North
• Vestry Lane
• Bartram Road
• Woodbrook Court
• Palmers Draw
• Dame Kathryn Road

Roads working on this week:

• Bartram Road
• Pettigrew Drive
• Deveaux Lane
• Goose Quill Lane
• Lillibridge Crossing
• Stone Hewer Lane
• Hazel Glen Lane
• Ogeechee Ferry Lane
• Belton Lane
• Isham Lane
• Benedictine Retreat
• Deerpath Lane
• Turtle Lane
• Parsons Lane
• Cuthbert lane

Fiber Pullers will be working in the following areas:

• Marsh Tower Lane
• Pettigrew Drive

Splicers will be working in the following areas:

• Chatuachee Crossing
• Marsh Tower Lane
• Dame Kathryn Drive

As a reminder, this is a 14-month project of building a fiber network to offer internet. Contact Live Oak Fiber's directly for more information (912-254-7350 or https://liveoakfiber.com/cities/the-landings-skidaway-island/).

Some residents have asked how the fiber will be installed and what members can expect to see as the work unfolds. Below are some photos that explain the process, along with an example of a utility company marking its lines. As mentioned in previous Landings Association emails, advance crews have been marking utilities with paint and flags. This allows the subsequent boring crews to know where utilities are located when they install the conduit that will hold the new fiber. Please do not remove the flags. The crews will remove the flags when work is completed.

 

Access holes are dug approximately every 10 feet. This allows workers to guide the missile borer and helps locate items like irrigation systems that otherwise might not be marked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sod and dirt are set aside on a tarp to restore the landscaping after work is completed. In the second photo, you can see the white pipes of an irrigation system that were located and will be marked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured is the compressor to run the missile borer. A larger, directional borer will be used where appropriate on main thoroughfares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shown is the missile borer coming through the hole and being guided to the next hole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange conduit is pulled through the hole created by the missile borer. It has a tracer wire with it for later locates as needed. Then, fiber cable will be “blown” through the conduit.

 

 

 

 

 

Shown is a junction box that will be installed flush to the ground. There is basically one box between each home. When homeowners sign up, crews can pull fiber from these boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two photos show a splicing vault, where conduit from different runs will terminate, allowing the fiber to be connected. The vault has rocks inside to allow for better drainage. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is important that all utilities are located before work begins to avoid disruptions. This photo shows Utilities, Inc. of Georgia employees using ground penetrating radar and a pole to help find and mark its water lines.