[1st-mile-nm] Conduit

[Andrew Cohill]

>
> Forwarded posting from subscriber Mike Byrnes.
>
> Steven:
>
> Can you provide any examples of municipalities 'requiring' the  
> installation
> of conduit during a utility system upgrade?
>
> I live in a small (2200 lots and 1000 homes) community in So. NM  
> with a
> Special Water District that is preparing a major system upgrade (new  
> water
> lines throughout the district).


West Point, Virginia, a small town of 1200 homes, just put in a new  
water line between a new business park and a water line closer to  
downtown, and they are installing microduct alongside the water line.   
It is a run of about two miles.

The Lenowisco fiber project (three counties in southwest Virginia) got  
started in duct and fiber several years ago by installing microduct  
alongside a twenty mile water main that was going in between two towns  
in the region.  The project now has nearly 200 miles of duct and fiber  
installed.

Best regards,
Andrew

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