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Longwood resident complains of property damage from fiber installation; commission directs staff to draft ordinance
Summary
A Longwood homeowner told the commission contractors excavated on his yard while installing fiber-optic lines, leaving deep holes and a large utility box on private property; commissioners voted unanimously to direct the city manager and city attorney to draft an ordinance to hold telecom owners responsible and require financial assurance.
Charles Bassin, a Longwood resident, told the City Commission on April 21 that contractors installing fiber-optic lines dug large holes, parked equipment on his lawn and left a utility box partly on his property.
Bassin said the work began on or about Jan. 13, 2025, at his house, 515 Devonshire Boulevard, in the Longwood subdivision. “They started out with 3 large holes dug in my front yard… about 3 and a half feet deep, large enough for a man to stand in up to his waist,” Bassin said. He said workers placed a roughly 2-by-3-foot box 18 feet from the roadway “well beyond the right of way.” Bassin also described litter and ruts from…
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