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Unwired Broadband outlines fixes after utility strikes in Parlier; camera inspections, more locates planned
Summary
Unwired Broadband told the Parlier City Council it will deploy camera-based pipe inspections and an outside locating firm after several utility strikes during its fiber-to-the-home project. City staff and residents reported water-main ruptures and service interruptions while work continues in newer areas of town.
Unwired Broadband’s vice president of operations, John Majors, briefed the Parlier City Council Thursday about utility strikes that occurred during the company’s citywide fiber‑to‑the‑home build and the steps the company has taken to reduce future strikes.
Majors said Unwired had identified that ground‑penetrating radar (GPR) alone was inadequate for locating utilities in older parts of Parlier and had proposed using a contractor with camera systems to inspect mains and laterals. “The GPR … was inadequate,” Majors told the council, and the company dispatched Accurate Line Locating, which uses camera systems run through pipes to map mains and…
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