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Mayor highlights wildfire investments, undergrounding and first new fire station in decades
Summary
The mayor said Laguna Beach has invested more than $25 million in wildfire resilience, plans to underground the remaining roughly 30% of overhead utilities including Laguna Canyon Road, and will send a new fire station plan to the planning commission; an ad hoc committee will present an updated wildfire prevention plan in May
Laguna Beach’s mayor outlined wildfire-preparedness priorities and infrastructure work, saying the city has invested more than $25 million in wildfire resilience over the last five years and will present an updated wildfire prevention plan via a renewed ad hoc committee in May.
The mayor said priorities in the forthcoming plan will include undergrounding the remaining roughly 30% of overhead utility lines — a list that the mayor specifically tied to Laguna Canyon Road, a primary evacuation route. He described efforts to adopt technologies such as drones and cameras with artificial intelligence to detect wildfires…
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