JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Helicopters will begin supporting the next phase of work to raise electric transmission lines that span the St. Johns River at Fulton Cut, JEA announced.<\/p>\n
Starting July 27, helicopters will help contractors install new wiring and perform related work on the lines between Blount Island, on the river\u2019s north side, and Reed Island, on the river\u2019s south side. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n JEA said the aerial operations will be highly visible and will occur periodically throughout the year as the project progresses. All activities are weather-dependent and subject to change based on project needs and conditions.<\/p>\n The work will require a safety zone at Fulton Cut near Blount Island, coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard and in effect during helicopter operations. <\/p>\n Mariners are advised to consult the Coast Guard\u2019s Marine Safety Information Bulletin for details and navigation requirements.<\/p>\n Drones will not be allowed in the airspace during helicopter operations, JEA said, to protect crew safety and limit disruptions.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n JEA is raising the transmission lines in partnership with the City of Jacksonville and JAXPORT to provide additional clearance for larger ships to safely reach JAXPORT\u2019s Blount Island Marine Terminal. <\/p>\n The project supports continued growth of international container trade in Jacksonville, which JEA says sustains 15,000 jobs across the region.<\/p>\n More information is available at jea.com\/fultoncut<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Helicopters will begin supporting the next phase of work to raise electric transmission lines that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":961741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,386712,3188,723,7324,386711,35381,7310,7327,14626,7325,7326,14639,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":["post-961740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-america","tag-cbs47","tag-electric-transmission-lines","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-fulton-cut","tag-helicopters","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jea","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-st-johns-river","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116989966990287276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}