{"id":962855,"date":"2026-07-27T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/962855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:31:15","slug":"jeas-117m-fulton-cut-project-raises-power-lines-along-st-johns-river-to-bring-larger-ships-to-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/962855\/","title":{"rendered":"JEA\u2019s $117M Fulton Cut project raises power lines along St. Johns River to bring larger ships to Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Drivers crossing the Dames Point Bridge may have noticed construction activity and helicopters hovering along the St. Johns River. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It\u2019s all part of JEA\u2019s Fulton Cut transmission clearance project \u2014 a major infrastructure effort aimed at expanding Jacksonville\u2019s economic reach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The project centers on raising high-voltage power lines that cross the river between Reed Island Park and Blount Island. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the lines will be elevated from 175 feet above high tide to 225 feet \u2014 a 50-foot increase that opens the waterway to larger vessels. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cToday\u2019s activity, we\u2019re working very closely with the Coast Guard, JSO, and JFRD because they\u2019re establishing a safe zone within the river,\u201d said Darrell Hamilton, JEA Manager of Transmission and Substation Projects. \u201cIt\u2019s really an economic development for the entire city of Jacksonville, but specifically the Jaxport, because they\u2019ll be able to bring in larger ships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">During the current phase of the project, power is being disconnected from the older towers and transferred to newly constructed permanent towers, a process expected to be completed by mid-September. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cYou\u2019ll see the three towers to the right. They\u2019re in service; power is going through those towers. And then you\u2019ll see to the west, the new towers \u2014 we call those permanent towers,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Drivers crossing the Dames Point Bridge may have noticed construction activity and helicopters hovering along&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":962856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,82711,3188,723,7310,14626,387097,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-962855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-blount-island","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-jea","tag-reed-island-park","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116993136152292036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962855","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=962855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}