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Middletown approves design contracts to study undergrounding utilities in Atlantic Beach district
Summary
Council authorized spending up to about $127,000 from the town's TIF fund for design work by Rhode Island Energy ($103,000) and an amendment to VHB ($24,000) to develop plans and cost estimates for undergrounding overhead utilities along Lower Quinick Avenue.
The Middletown council voted June 9 to fund engineering and consulting work to design an undergrounding project for utilities in the Atlantic Beach/Lower Quinick Avenue area.
Town staff presented two proposals: a Rhode Island Energy engineering and design contract for $103,000 to produce buried-utility plans and a proposed $24,000 amendment to a VHB consulting contract to coordinate with non‑electric utilities (for example, cable and phone providers). Town staff said the design work would take about eight months and that a completed plan would…
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