[1st-mile-nm] Conduit

[Steve Ross]

Hi, Andrew,

I have some sample local laws around here somewhere. Let me 
try to find them.

I have it in my head that Boston requires it -- but it may 
only be "leans on with prejudice." the Big Dig included new 
ducts, and it was designed almost 20 years ago, BTW.

NYC requires it for Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

We've written about these things more in Europe, where major 
cities do not allow street openings more than once a decade 
in key corridors. This is why emtelle and other 
fiber-blowing outfits started there. I'm cc'ing Tibor at 
emtelle.

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Andrew Cohill wrote:
>> 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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