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CRA gets update on Broadway utility burial: FPL work underway, phase‑2 cost estimated at $3.4 million
Summary
Staff reported progress on burying overhead utilities along U.S. 1/Broadway. FPL has begun field work; AT&T work is scheduled later this year. Phase‑2 total was presented as approximately $3.4 million; half the required easements are recorded.
City and consultant staff gave the CRA board a status update Feb. 12 on the Broadway utility burial project, an effort to remove overhead lines and poles along U.S. 1 from 11th Street northward.
The project is divided into two phases. Phase 1 — the undergrounding of communications lines for companies such as Level 3, FiberLyte and Comcast — is complete. Phase 2 covers undergrounding work for Florida Power & Light (FPL) and AT&T, plus private service connections, landscape restoration and above‑ground equipment placement on private easements.
Why it matters: The utility burial is intended to improve corridor…
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