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Parlier residents, city and Unwired Broadband address utility strikes during fiber‑to‑the‑home work
Summary
Unwired Broadband and city staff discussed two recent water‑main and sewer lateral strikes in Parlier, the limits of existing utility maps in the older parts of town, and steps to reduce future strikes including video camera locates and staged restoration.
Unwired Broadband representatives reported to the Parlier City Council on June 19 that the company's fiber‑to‑the‑home construction encountered utility strikes in older parts of the city and that the contractor has shifted to additional locating technology and process changes to reduce future incidents.
John Majors, vice president of operations for Unwired, said the firm identified shortcomings in ground‑penetrating radar (GPR) accuracy for the downtown, older neighborhoods and engaged Accurate Line Locating to run camera systems inside pipes to map both mains and laterals. "We identified lines that would have resulted in strikes if we had built into those areas," Majors said.…
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