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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 18:07:23 GMT
Isn't time that this country goes to underground utilities?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 18:09:21 GMT
Not all places can handle underground utilities. Really rocky places it costs to much to do the work, same with areas that have a lot of sand. The sand wears the lines like being rubbed with sand paper. High water tables can also mess with underground utilities.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jan 27, 2015 18:09:37 GMT
While logical, it is VERY expensive.
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Post by georgiapea on Jan 27, 2015 18:12:11 GMT
I would love all underground utilities but conversions are hard to do. New developments - piece of cake.
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Post by sisterbdsq on Jan 27, 2015 18:17:05 GMT
Do you have any idea how terrifying it is to have to troubleshoot and repair gas and electric buried in concrete? I do.
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Post by ntsf on Jan 27, 2015 18:27:54 GMT
works in dense urban areas...not so much anywhere else
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Jan 27, 2015 18:35:18 GMT
They are working on getting our city all underground. From the news clip I saw about it, it costs over 1 million $ per square mile.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jan 27, 2015 19:20:33 GMT
Here in hurricane prone Florida I ask that question every year when the guys come around to "trim" the trees that grow near the lines. (Last year they "trimmed" to the point that the tree in my back yard looked like a cartoon-full and beautiful oak on one half, the other half was almost gone-it looked like it had been split in half.)
Between hurricanes, summer storms with winds as high a hurricanes, and frequent lightening, we (meaning my neighborhood) lose power ALL the time. Underground utilities would be so much better but I am told that it isn't possible because of ... cost, water tables, the color of the utility managers tie... I have heard as many reasons as I have asked.
Meanwhile, I lose power all the flipping time.
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Jan 27, 2015 20:46:07 GMT
Our development, parts of it are 30 years old, and all utilities are underground. After living here about 15 years, they laid gas lines and we converted to gas heat and appliances.
We still lose electric because we still link up to the substation by poles.
We want to install a gas generator which will switch us over if we lose electric but college tuition trumps a generator. Maybe later this year as we have one tuition payment and we are DONE!!!
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Post by Linda on Jan 27, 2015 21:40:24 GMT
Here in hurricane prone Florida I ask that question every year when the guys come around to "trim" the trees that grow near the lines. (Last year they "trimmed" to the point that the tree in my back yard looked like a cartoon-full and beautiful oak on one half, the other half was almost gone-it looked like it had been split in half.) Between hurricanes, summer storms with winds as high a hurricanes, and frequent lightening, we (meaning my neighborhood) lose power ALL the time. Underground utilities would be so much better but I am told that it isn't possible because of ... cost, water tables, the color of the utility managers tie... I have heard as many reasons as I have asked. Meanwhile, I lose power all the flipping time. We had underground utilities at our last house (High Springs - just north of Gainesville) but don't at our current house (a bit further north but still FL) - it would be nice if we did though. I will say we lost power much more often then (Fl Power) than we do now (Clay Elec) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 23:39:05 GMT
I live on a street that has underground electricity which is great.
The street behind me does not.
We had the choice to have a gas line put in down our street. Our neighbours voted no.
The street behind voted yes so they have their's underground.
Would we like gas to cook with, BBQ, heat the house, etc, etc? YES, YES and HECK YES. It's all underground. However, the majority won.
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