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On 4/20/2025 5:44 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
>> OTOH, each time they widen a roadway, there is considerable
>> cost in relocating the airborne services that travel along those
>> roads.  Often, very high tension, cross town feeds (which tend to
>> follow major arteries) on very tall, metallic towers.
> 
> Buried services are about five times as expensive as aerial services.

Including maintenance costs (e.g., from hazzards that take down lines
(think ice storms) or structures (car accidents)?

Or, do they count that in a different "pie"?