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Residents, aldermen press city over fiber installations and lawn restoration; city staff outline enforcement steps
Summary
Residents and aldermen pressed the city on July 7 over incomplete lawn and right‑of‑way restoration after fiber optic installations; city staff described technical causes and said they will tighten permit enforcement and restoration standards.
Residents and several aldermen pressed City Hall on July 7 about incomplete restoration of yards and rights‑of‑way following private and commercial fiber optic installations. Alderman Bonnie said she has received “a high or growing” number of complaints, forwarded dozens of resident sites to staff, and read a constituent message describing "unsightly patches filled with gravel" where grass will not regrow.
Director of Public Works Scott Sanders described the scale and some technical causes: "I think we're about 50% done. I've got numbers say that just the sheer scale of it is surprising. 3,200,000 feet, more than 3,200,000 feet of conduit and fiber has been put in the ground so far..." He and Administrator Tad Cagnoni said the work is…
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