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Council presses staff on repeated utility damage and fiber-optic permit enforcement
Summary
Council members and city staff discussed recurring damage caused during multiple fiber-optic installations and asked for stronger on-site inspections and permit enforcement after recent gas-line and irrigation-system strikes.
Council members raised complaints about multiple outside contractors installing fiber-optic infrastructure across the city and causing property and utility damage. Complaints included two gas-line strikes and an irrigation-system break tied to fiber construction work reported in the Stonewood Villas area and other locations.
Councilmembers said contractors from several providers are working in overlapping areas and that the volume of crews is creating confusion, safety risks and repeated damage. Staff and council described four active fiber providers working in the city,…
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