A vicious storm that knocked out power to more than 170,000 Hydro Ottawa customers could provide reason for the city to consider burying hydro lines in more street renewal projects.
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The party asking that hydro lines be buried should be the one paying for it, the city maintained.
It’s why property owners in Kanata North had to pay a special levy over 10 years to bury hydro wires on a short section of Kanata Avenue at a cost of about $2.5 million.