Sabal Trail变速器LLC官员表示，2016年2月批准的公司批准的公司建设为32亿美元的天然气管道，现在完成88％。Running from central Alabama, through southern Georgia to near Orlando, Fla., the line is scheduled to begin operations in June.

Projections call for the 515-mile-long conduit to transport 1 billion cu ft of natural gas per day. The development is a joint venture of Spectra Energy Partners, NextEra Energy Inc. and Duke Energy. The buried line will convey gas from the Transco Pipeline, north of Alexander City, Ala., to Florida Power and Light and Duke Energy of Florida for electric generation in central Florida. Houston-based Gulf Interstate Engineering is providing engineering and construction management for the pipeline, five compression stations and metering installation.

Spectra spokeswoman Andrea Grover notes that, at the end of February, 61 miles of pipe remained to be placed.

“我们在6月底之前商业运营的目标是，”她说。

The pipeline is a mix of 36-in. and 24-in.-dia high-strength steel pipe, manufactured by Berg Pipe Group.

格罗弗表示，佛罗里达州目前的天然气管道基础设施是在佛罗里达中部和南部越来越多的情况下运行或接近容量，不足以满足日益增长的需求。

根据格罗弗的说法，超过5,700人在建设上工作。在佛罗里达州中部，该项目吸引了对该地区原始含水层的风险的抗议者。