Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:13 pm
Ed,
I'd favor burying the power lines, as long as the taxpayers are willing to foot the bill, but wouldn't that also result in a lot of tree loss from digging the trenches? A neighbor of mine is locked in a battle with another neighbor and the town over a similar issue, in their case moving the power lines across the street and cutting down the first neighbor's old sugar maples vs. burying the lines directly beneath where they are currently and making a big (though temporary) mess in the second neighbor's yard. I really don't care because I have neither a yard nor mature trees in the area of dispute. The whole thing makes for a good feud, though.
Elijah
I'd favor burying the power lines, as long as the taxpayers are willing to foot the bill, but wouldn't that also result in a lot of tree loss from digging the trenches? A neighbor of mine is locked in a battle with another neighbor and the town over a similar issue, in their case moving the power lines across the street and cutting down the first neighbor's old sugar maples vs. burying the lines directly beneath where they are currently and making a big (though temporary) mess in the second neighbor's yard. I really don't care because I have neither a yard nor mature trees in the area of dispute. The whole thing makes for a good feud, though.
Elijah