Friday was a day of celebration, 14 years in the making. That’s how long it took town-wide utility undergrounding to evolve from an idea, first explored by then-Mayor Lesly Smith and the Town Council , into something as tangible as shovels biting into dirt. Town officials donned hard hats, gripped shovels and posed for pictures […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Town of Palm Beach Hosts Official Groundbreaking Ceremonies for Phase 1 North and Phase 1 South of the Undergrounding of Utilities Project Palm Beach, FL – The Town of Palm Beach will host Official Groundbreaking Ceremonies for Phase 1 North and Phase 1 South of the Undergrounding of Utilities Project. Both […]
July 31, 2017 Subject: Prepayment Option for Underground Townwide Utilities Assessment The Town Council of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida recently established and approved a special assessment against property within the Townwide Underground Utility Assessment Area to fund the design, acquisition, construction, and installation of the Underground Utility Improvements. This type of financing where […]
The next Underground Utilities Task Force meeting is Tuesday, August, 1 2017 at 9:00 am in Town Council Chambers. Below is a link to the agenda and back-up for the Underground Utilities Task Force Meeting. Agenda & Back-Up
Resident Carol Kosberg has dropped her lawsuit challenging the town’s plan to pay for burying all overhead utilities on the island. Kosberg, a South End condo owner, sued the town last year, alleging it used misleading ballot language in a March 2016 referendum in which voters narrowly approved up to $90 million in bonds to […]
With the first phase of town-wide utility undergrounding starting this summer, the town soon must decide whether to install extra conduit to hold a future fiber-optic communication network. Town officials have long said the undergrounding utilities project presents a rare opportunity to lay the groundwork for a town-owned fiber-optic system at the lowest possible cost. […]
Despite many residents’ objections at a public hearing, the Town Council unanimously voted to impose special assessments on property owners to pay for the burial of all overhead utility lines on the island. About 100 residents packed the council chambers Wednesday at Town Hall. During a two-hour public comment period, some said they don’t want to […]
Community Information Meetings Being Held for Undergrounding of Utilities Project Phase 1 Residents Palm Beach, FL – The Town of Palm Beach is hosting community information meetings the week of July 17th for residents in Phase 1 of the Undergrounding of Utilities Project. At the community meetings, residents will have an opportunity to meet the construction […]
Phase 1 North of the Undergrounding of Utilities Project will be commencing at the end of July 2017. Burkhardt Construction is the Construction Manager for Phase 1 North. Pre-construction video will occur prior to construction and begin as early as Friday, July 14th and complete during the week of July 17th. Pre–construction video documents the […]
