Borough officials this week said recent efforts to bury view-obstructing utility lines at the intersection of Front Street and Old Haines Highway are “dead.”
The state Department of Transportation’s reluctance to work with the borough on burying the lines this far into the project plus the expense involved have effectively “squashed” the idea, said public facilities director Carlos Jimenez.
Pat Carroll, DOT’s design chief for Southeast, said DOT talked with the borough about burying the…
