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View from the Isles

Gary Foster, Sr. Project Mgr. City of Fort Lauderdale Public Works Dept. with Tom Godart
Las Olas Isles
Undergrounding

is Underway

he City of Fort Lauderdale is coordinating the The project includes the looping of FPL’s local feeder on each
undergrounding efforts throughout the Las Olas Isles street essentially providing two paths for local service to each
Tneighborhood to enhance safety and resilience for the home. For example, if power is disrupted due to an issue
residents. The work began June 1st and will be completed by north of the property, then service can still be provided from
crews from Ferreira Construction Co., Inc. and includes: the South. Upon completion, this will reduce the number and
duration of future power outages.
• Undergrounding overhead utility wires through directional
boring and limited excavation (trenchless technology to minimize Neighborhood Improvement
impacts on roadways and landscaping during construction). According to F. Thomas Godart, VP of the Las Olas
• Installing all new cables, conduits, transformers, and Homeowner’s Association and the person working directly
related equipment. with the City on this, “the project was developed using the
• Installing new underground electric and communication public right of way for installation of the new underground
services to each home. utilities reducing the need for any new private property
• Installing new streetlights and poles easements. Beautification of our streets and reliability of
• Resurfacing streets and restoring curbing and landscaping as utilities was the goal of this project.”
needed near the new ground-mounted equipment facilities.

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