Florida Power & Light has started its project to bury power lines in Ocean Ridge. The project area (shaded on map) covers 1.43 miles and affects 86 customers. Map provided
By John Pacenti
It was a utilities open house at the monthly Ocean Ridge Town
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By Christine Davis
Fans of Trader Joe’s are ready, waiting and hungry for the Boca Raton store to open at 855 S. Federal Highway. And, while they thought they might be waiting even longer when an onsite problem with power lines cropped up, the Sep
By Christine Davis
Trader Joe’s Boca Raton devotees are ready, waiting and hungry for the Boca Raton store to open at 855 S. Federal Highway. And, while they thought they might be waiting even longer when an onsite problem with power lines cropped up
Surveyors began measuring the south part of Gulf Stream in mid-July after town commissioners voted unanimously to levy special assessments to put electric, phone and cable TV lines underground.
Sitting June 30 as the Board of
By Steve Plunkett
It’s official now—property owners in town will pay non-ad valorem special assessments to put electric, phone and cable TV lines underground, out of the view and away from wind and salty air.
Sitting June 30 as the Board of Eq
More than 30 people attended a recent Gulf Stream Town meeting, some (in red shirts) to complain about undergrounding power line assessments. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Wearing red, Gulfstream Shores residents kept up their assault on what
Gulf Stream’s plan to put all its utility lines — electric, telephone and cable — under ground has aroused the concerns of condominium residents worried about how much they will be assessed for the estimated $5.5 million project.
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“I sure would like to see the ‘Third World’ appearance go away,’’ Commissioner Donald B
Town Clerk Rita Taylor and Town Manager William Thrasher count votes Feb. 7 at Gulf Stream Town Hall. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Property owners voted to put overhead electric lines underground, but the margin was much closer than in
Gulf Stream Town Clerk Rita Taylor and Town Manager William Thrasher (foreground) count votes from the staw ballot to approve the funding of underground utilities in Gulf Stream. Bob Ganger and Ron Bennett work in the background. The vote to app
More than one snafu marred the straw poll on Gulf Stream’s underground utility project and the proposed referendum on annexing the county pocket.
A couple dozen straw ballots, including the one to Gulf Stream Civic Association Preside
By Steve Plunkett
Mail carriers here will be extra-busy this month delivering straw ballots on burying Gulf Stream’s power lines, first-class notices on possibly annexing part of the county pocket and fliers from the Civic Association on both issu
By Steve Plunkett
Manalapan is once again looking at whether to put electric, cable and telephone linesunderground on the Point.
Mayor Kelly Gottlieb told commissioners she had learned that Gulf Stream was planningto bury its lines for about $16,
By Steve Plunkett
Coming to your mailbox as soon as this month: a straw ballot asking whether the town should spend $4.6 million to bury electricity, cable TV and phone lines.
Town commissioners unanimously agreed at their September meeting that To
By Margie Plunkett
Burying Gulf Stream’s overhead power lines would cost roughly $4.6 million and entailsix months of pre-construction work and six to eight months of construction, according to a consultant hired to study the feasibility of the
