City Council considers burying power lines, but others question the feasibility of the plans.
that untrimmed tree branches were not a major factor in the widespread and prolonged power outages that hit Austin during. Power lines were damaged throughout the city because of all the ice that accumulated on branches and the lines themselves, which together caused unprecedented levels of damage to the city's network of overhead power lines.
But had the lines been buried underground, perhaps fewer people would have lost power, and repair crews from AE and neighboring electrical utilities could have spent less time repairing damaged lines.
Both resolutions also ask staff to start thinking about how electrical lines could be buried during construction carried out both by public and private parties. Specifically, the Fuentes resolution asks staff to explore how underground power lines could be incorporated into capital projects – such as– that are already in the planning and design phase.
Both items are posted on City Council's March 23 agenda and they each have four sponsors and no opposition yet, so they're each likely to pass.
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