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Ottawa storm 2022: Is it time for the city to bury hydro wires as part of street projects?
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.
The 2011 study, which said each kilometre of burying a hydro line costs between $2 million and $4 million, found that there wasn’t a good case for moving lines underground if it was purely a dollars-and-cents
上次讨论发现的好处是时城市美观,坏处是太贵了。现在停电了,发现另一个好处是安全。
At city hall, the debate around burying hydro lines has been largely grounded in the potential to beautify streetscapes
But a vicious storm that knocked out power to more than 170,000 Hydro Ottawa customers, with several neighbourhoods still waiting to be re-energized on Tuesday, could provide reason for the city to consider burying hydro lines in more street renewal projects as a matter of community protection.
