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Network summary for week ending 31 May 2015
Electricity
Emergency services alerted us to seven house/building fires during the week, in Glendene North, Mangere, Mt Wellington, Grey Lynn, Henderson, Birkenhead and Mt Albert.
Our crews attended four car v poles during the week in Papatoetoe, New Lynn, Mangere Bridge and Manukau.
Two reports of lines down, in Mangere Bridge and Blockhouse Bay, saw no damage to our network
Gas

There was third party damage to our gas network in Orewa, Bayswater and Howick during the week. Our contractors attended to a gas odour in Otahuhu.

For safety, gas was isolated to a building on fire in Rotorua during the week.

Projects

A section of Vector’s 203 lateral gas pipeline which runs under the Waitara River has been excavated, inspected and recoated, to ensure the continued reliability of gas supply into New Plymouth.

A coffer dam was constructed from the riverbank out into the middle of the Waitara River, to give crews a dry platform of land to work from. The gas pipeline was exposed, the old coating removed and the pipeline condition assessed, to confirm its integrity. The pipeline was then re-wrapped in an improved coating, and mechanical shielding protection was applied, before the pipeline was reburied.

The project was completed in seven days. Upon completion, the coffer dam was removed and the river returned to its original condition. This recoating project has future-proofed the pipeline, and has helped ensure a continued secure gas supply into New Plymouth.

Shorts

• Vector owns over 18,000 kilometres of overhead and underground lines in the greater Auckland area, and 12,752 of gas pipe lines, almost half of which supply gas to Auckland.

• Vector, proud sponsor of the Arena.

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