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from 20 feet to 60 or 70 feet without compensation to landowners.)
If the power company agrees to the town’s revised franchise, the proposal will be advertised for four weeks and a public hearing set for action by the council in June.
Sharon Luke, speaking from the audience, asked the utility’s representatives for an estimate on underground service.
Nichols responded that the engineering time necessary to give an exact estimate is too costly to spend unless there is serious interest. He gave a general figure of $100,000.
Diane Bruce asked if underground installation is dangerous while in progress, with open trenches and exposed lines.
Nichols said that there is some danger, but added that extreme caution is observed. He said that, in addition to the installation costs, there are costs to the individual homeowners for adapting their service to the underground connections.
Nichols agreed that maintenance costs are generally lower for underground lines, with less damage from wind and freezing rain or snow. He said that the work of placing a town’s electric lines underground can be done in segments broken down in reasonable groups by the utility’s engineers.
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