Duke Energy and the Orange County Government have concluded their infrastructure projects in our neighborhood. Hurray!
Duke Energy’s objective was to add capacity to its electrical infrastructure to support the new AdventHealth hospital on Narcoosee Road. Its project involved boring conduit and pulling cable to service the 10-story, $423 million hospital slated to open late this year. The facility will have 80 beds (expandable to 320) and will focus on specialized care like cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, and labor and delivery, alongside high-tech, incisionless robotic surgery. AdventHealth paid for the upgrades, which will also benefit our community, sections of which are in the same grid as the hospital and will be given power restoration priority on the event of a hurricane or any other weather event.
Assistant HOA Manager Tanner Mews toured the property with Duke representatives upon completion of the project to make sure there weren’t any lose ends such as damaged sod or cracked sidewalks. A list of necessary fixes was compiled, and Duke has begun taking care of it at no cost to the community.
While the Duke project was going on, Orange County began repaving in early January. Some paving was initially completed but work had to be halted after a few days because the heavy equipment from the Duke project could damage the new asphalt before it had a chance to cure. After the Duke project finished, the County contractors came back, and it has now completed the repaving of North Shore Golf Club Blvd. The HOA management and Board were in contact with both Orange County and Duke throughout this process to safeguard the community’s interests. We truly appreciate your patience.
