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Derby Drive, West Line conduit work to move underground with short planned cutovers
Summary
A designer for the utility petition said crews will replace aging conduit and install new hand-holds and base pads on Derby Drive/West Line; most work will be underground to minimize outages, with cutovers that could range from about 10 minutes to a few hours for some customers.
Speaker 4, who identified themself as a designer, presented details of the Derby Drive/West Line Street petition describing replacement of aging conduit and installation of new conduit from a new base pad and sidewalk hand pull to support service to nearby businesses and the 'candy shop' corner. "We—re gonna be putting a switch here over on the locks" and "we will run all the underground... and then basically there'll be a cutover," Speaker 4 said.
Speaker 1 and other council members pressed about service disruption. Speaker 4 said the city will try to stage underground work first so outages are minimal and that, depending on meter work and cabinet wiring, the cutover could be short: "It might be a 10 minute outage for for a customer... It could be an hour or 2 depending on how much meter work there is." The presenter said some work may be scheduled at night to avoid business disruption.
No specific vote or permit decision occurred during this meeting; the petitioner described design coordination and scheduling practices and promised to minimize customer outages while coordinating with electrical contractors and the city's crews.
