[marty60]

Since you have the inside track on this, I want to add my two cents.

THE UTILITIES SHOULD BE UNDERGROUND. I SAW THE PICTS THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAD GIANT POWER LINES ALONG THE ROADWAY.

How can anyone be so backward as to put powerlines above ground. If they intend to spend our inheritence on this at least use the money wisely. Ok that's my rant.

[deport]

How can anyone be so backward as to put powerlines above ground.

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Pluses and minuses..... Outages usually take much longer to repair when electric lines are burried.... Example, just locating the trouble spot is often more difficult since you can't see the break in the wire.... On the other hand buried lines usually sustain less damage from stroms, etc.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

THE UTILITIES SHOULD BE UNDERGROUND. I SAW THE PICTS THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAD GIANT POWER LINES ALONG THE ROADWAY.

That'll really screw with your AM talk radio.

[Diddle E. Squat]

How can anyone be so backward as to put powerlines above ground. If they intend to spend our inheritence on this at least use the money wisely. Ok that's my rant.

Fire ants. They damage underground cables and lines. Though I think it ultimately is a cost decision, since burying costs a good deal more and is more difficult to access for maintenance. Also there have been cases of improperly installed or failed buried lines that resulted in electrocution of persons walking above them, and those were with local neighborhood lines, not the massive trunk lines.

Perhaps also they think this corridor is already an eyesore, so aesthetics aren't a high priority? I dunno. Seriously, you should write TXDOT with the suggestion. They are taking public comment right now on the TTC, and that is exactly the kind of feedback they are soliciting. There likely is a comment submission link on the TTC website:

http://www.keeptexasmoving.org