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Milton residents complain about EZ Fiber work, city says stop-work orders and follow-up underway
Summary
Two residents urged the council to address EZ Fiber trenching and unfinished restoration after contractors installed an above-ground vault and left non-gardenable backfill without the required notices; planning staff said stop-work orders were issued and the city is working with the contractor to fix problems.
Bill Myers and Tom Boyle told the Milton City Council on March 16 that recent EZ Fiber installation work damaged yards, created safety concerns and proceeded without the written notice the franchise agreement requires.
"They dug the trench. They backfilled it...put in 5 eighths minus, which is not something you grow grass in," Bill Myers said, describing a utility vault he said was placed about "5 and a half feet from the driveway, 11 inches from the sidewalk" and left with compactable rock unsuitable for planting. He identified the subcontractor as Horizontal Technologies and said the city had…
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