Monthly Archives: May 2017

Streetcar work damages AT&T line in Milwaukee

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Streetcar construction in downtown Milwaukee hasn’t been without glitches. A contractor damaged an underground telecommunications line for AT&T, which affected internet, landline and wireless services. Some area businesses were left without Internet and phone service after workers on Broadway Avenue damaged a utility line Wednesday. Construction crews this week have […]

In Colorado, gas line damage from digging happens as often as four times a day

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Nearly four times a day in Colorado, developers, homeowners or builders hit gas pipelines while excavating or digging into the ground, sometimes with deadly consequences such as the fatal explosion in Firestone that was caused by a severed line near a home. But Colorado officials have an inadequate system for […]