In an effort to maintain accountability, the UUTF made a motion to hire a full-time contractual Project Coordinator whose sole responsibility would be to oversee the project. Town Manager Tom Bradford will be providing a list of requirements the Project Coordinator should have for the position.
Working together between the Project Team and the Town’s Public Works Department, previous project studies and surveys have been able to be reused for the benefit of this project. This has saved approximately $66,000 in project costs since the design phase began in June.
FPL, AT&T, and Comcast have been working collaboratively with the Project Team not only in the detailed design of the first phase of the project (north of Onondaga and south of Sloan’s Curve) but also in developing the master plan for their networks across the entire Town. This spirit of collaboration has allowed the planning […]
Town of Palm Beach engineers completed the first round of meter box inspections north of Onondaga Avenue and south of Sloan’s Curve. The goal of the inspection was to identify the location of the meter boxes so that information could be cataloged and provided to Florida Power & Light in preparation for their inspection. Florida […]
The initial project surveying has been completed as well as utility investigations. Over the next two months, additional field work will be performed north of Onondaga and south of Sloan’s curve to verify the vertical locations of significant existing underground utilities that need to be avoided during construction. All of this information is being used […]
The Underground Utilities Task Force (UUTF) requested the Undergrounding Project Team provide a full master plan for the project. The UUTF requested a copy of the master plan in order to better plan for the future, monitor the project status, ensure deadlines are being met and to keep residents informed.
Town of Palm Beach Director of Finance, Jane Struder, presented to the UUTF the Project Dashboard. The Dashboard is a publicly available document that tracks and monitors the planning, design, schedule, budget and financing of the undergrounding project. The Dashboard will monitor the project status while ensuring the budget of each component of the project […]
The UUTF requested a presentation and plan on how the undergrounding project construction would take into account other Town construction projects and how the project will affect traffic. The traffic planning is for the purpose of mitigating traffic associated with construction activities. The Project Team will address these questions at the January UUTF meeting.
Between September 26th – October 31st Florida Power & Light will be sending representatives to review the internal components of single family home electric meter box. Only residents living north of Onondaga Avenue or south of Sloan’s Curve will be having their meter boxes reviewed at this time.Residents living in the inspection area have been […]
