Blasting at Kroger Marketplace site continues Monday, Thursday
Building construction has started at the new Kroger Marketplace shopping center, and blasting at the site is scheduled to continue next week.
Building construction has started at the new Kroger Marketplace shopping center, and blasting at the site is scheduled to continue next week.
The blasting started this week in short sessions that lasted a few minutes each on Monday and Thursday afternoons.
The blasting is expected to continue next week at 2 p.m. Monday and Thursday, a city press release said. [Read more…]
Blasting on hold at Kroger Marketplace construction site
Blasting at the Kroger Marketplace construction site in central Oak Ridge is on hold for now. A Kroger spokesman has said there is some rock on the 25-acre site, but blasting will be the company’s last option.
The contractors for the Kroger Marketplace shopping center have notified Oak Ridge officials that blasting at the 25-acre site may not be required for now.
“The City of Oak Ridge will notify affected businesses and citizens when, and if, blasting is required,” a Friday morning press release said.
Oak Ridge had previously announced that a blast survey was performed, and no “collateral damage had been predicted,” the release said. [Read more…]
