Just to take a little of the mystery out of why natural gas is available in only certain areas of TV, here is how it was explained to us by our Builder during our new home walk-thru last year:
TV Construction Office adopted a concept for construction called "common trenching". This process provided a "common trench", paid for and dug by the Developer, for all the Utilities to utilize for their infrastructure (pipes, cables, inter-connects, etc.). This process was very beneficial to the Utility Companies as they did not have to absorb/incur the cost of trenching for their own stuff. The catch, however, was that the Utility Companies had to work along with TV's construction schedule, and be ready to get their stuff into the trenches on TV's schedule rather than their own. If a company couldn't meet the schedule, they risked being left out of the trench, and having to dig their own, or just not have their utility provided in TV. At a point in time around the expansion south of 466, the Natural Gas supplier made a business decision that they could not consistently meet TV's schedule, so they opted out, and chose not to go thru the extra steps (and hassles) of digging their own single trench for gas piping.
Thus, there is no Natural Gas in most areas south of 466, and definitely the areas south of 466A. The decision was not driven by safety, cost of Natural Gas, who won the Kentucky Derby or March Madness. It was simply a business decision by the Utility.
Hope that helps, at least in terms of figuring "why" there's no natural gas in certain areas. Cheers!!
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