Sentence examples for bury power from inspiring English sources
And much crucial infrastructure in the U.S. is owned by the private sector, not the government, which makes it harder to do something like bury power lines.
The city of Columbus has agreed to spend $5.7 million to bury power lines and make other improvements, and the state will pay $4.5 million toward the cost of the parking structure.
But weighing economic demands against beauty remains a thorny and potentially time-consuming job.Opponents of towering pylons say the answer is to bury power lines: at present only 950km of Britain's 13,000km of high-voltage cable runs underground, most of it in urban areas.
One major topic for discussion should be whether it is cost-effective to spend the money to bury power lines underground, he said, and therefore avoid costly disasters later when wind-blown trees or ice bring down lines above ground.
Sandra Stokes, board member of the Foundation for Historical Louisiana, said last week "in the scheme of $2 billion to build the two hospitals, spending some additional dollars to bury power lines seems a small price to avoid unsightly transmission lines in the city's center and to have stable power during storms".
To foil terrorists, workers are drilling water wells on base and burying power lines off base.
In the North Fork view, burying power cables on the South Fork but not on the North Fork crosses the line.
That project is already under way, putting down sidewalks and burying power lines in a $19 million first phase.
Another, to open up a beachfront in part by burying power lines, is getting about $1.5 million from the regional development authority for studies.
Ms. Quinn said homeowners in areas of Staten Island hit by the storm should be eligible to sell their homes to the city or state if they did not want to return to them, and she proposed burying power lines.
