SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania will launch a $900,000 pipeline improvement project this month in the township.

The company will replace about 10,500 feet of steel and cast iron pipe with plastic pipe along Route 173, Sanderson Drive, Overlook Drive, Creekview Lane, Lone Pine Way, Creek Drive and Armco Park.

The entire project will benefit 53 customers and is expected to be done by mid-February, according to a company news release.

Construction will take place between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with temporary lane restrictions possible during working hours.

The construction work will require a temporary interruption of natural gas service for individual customers while their service is connected to the new gas main.

Columbia will make personal contact with customers before shutting off service and to schedule service restoration. The company said that all employees and contractors carry identification cards with photograph and identification number.

“We appreciate the support and patience of the community as we complete this important infrastructure project,” said the company’s engineering leader Steve Scherling in a statement.

The company is making $150 million in infrastructure improvements across the state this year. It has 417,000 customers in 26 counties, including 9,000 in Butler County.