PPL Touts Lanark Road Project

PPL says a project in Center Valley will help improve the reliability of electrical service to its customers in the Southern Lehigh area.

In a news release, the company said it will rebuild a circuit and install new power lines along Lanark Road "to improve reliability and limit outages for more than 9,000 customers in Upper Saucon Township, Coopersburg, Milford Township and Lower Milford Township."

PPL said the Center Valley upgrades are one of 30 projects that will "meet increased demand, improve reliability, limit the impact of outages, address aging infrastructure and enhance the utility’s operations."

"PPL Electric Utilities will invest about $27 million for infrastructure improvements that will benefit area customers this year," the press release said. "It’s all part of the company’s largest-scale investment in system improvements since the 1960s and 1970s."

Many local PPL customers lost power for an extended period in October 2012, when the remnants of Hurricane Sandy toppled trees and power lines.