Prov. Jrl. Op Ed: Attach power lines to bridges and bury them on land in between the rivers to enhance the waterfront and save millions in burial costs, 9/7/16
Friends of India Point Park Urges Burying Waterfront Power Lines & Using Bridges to Hide Them, 8/2/16
Prov. Jrl: National Grid Proposes to Leave the Waterfront Power Lines Entirely Overhead, 8/11/16
Summary: Case for Burying Waterfront Power Lines
Other States Bury Power Lines. We Can Too
Funding Update
Friends of India Point Park Statement to Energy Facilities Siting Board, 6/16/15
Economic Benefits of Burial
Businesses Support Burial
Petition Report: why 2,100+ people urge burial
Economic Benefits: Boost Tourism & Development
Jobs: Hundreds Would Be Created by Burial Project
195 Waterfront Parcels Lose Value Because of Overhead Power Lines
Politifact: Power Lines zap property prices, but rarely by 30%,, Providence Journal, 11/16/14, by Alex Kufner
Maps
195 Parcels & their Proximity to Waterfront Power Lines
Proposed Underground Route
Photos
Photos of
existing power lines
Providence Journal Op Eds and Editorials
Bury the Lines, Editorial, 6/28/15
Bury Power Lines to Boost Waterfront, Op Ed, 6/16/15, by Michael Sabitoni and Sally Lapides
Burying Wires Key to RI Renaissance ,Op Ed, 3/9/15
, by Sen. Gayle Goldin, Rep. Chris Blazejewski, and Providence Councilman Seth Yurdin
Let's Bury Waterfront Power Lines, Op Ed,11/24/14, by Patrick Lynch
Power Line Sticker Shock, Editorial, 11/20/14
Providence
Journal Editorial, Bury the Lines, Oct. 30, 2013
Chronology
Chronology
Other Media Coverage
Providence
Business News Review sought of rising cost to bury power lines, 11/3/14
Providence Journal article, Price to bury power lines from Providence to East Providence skyrockets to $33.9 million, 11/4/14
Providence
Business News article, Power-Line burial plan stuck in neutral, Feb. 10, 2014
Providence
Business News article,Push is on to bury lines, Oct. 7-13, 2013
Providence
Journal article, Group seeks I-195 panel's help in reviving plan to bury India Point Park power lines, Sept. 17, 2013
Satements of Support
State-level support for burial.
Additional statements of support
Statement before Energy Facilities Siting Bd.
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Petition to Bury Power Lines
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