Subscribe Here for News & EventsTALK BACK: Comment regarding undergrounding of utilities
September 3rd, 2008
IN RESPONSE TO THE INTERVIEW WITH DON ADOLPH ON UNDERGROUNDING (last spring):
what about the transformers? are they going to buried in peoples backyards? That will lower property values for those homes.
Many questions still remain regarding undergrounding utilities. The City Council is in the process of gathering cost estimates (for each home owner) to cover the cost of this huge project. When costs are determined, there will be a survey of the community to determine the degree of support. This will probably be in January. This question about transformers needs to be raised, if not included in the cost estimate.
If the survey indicates significant support, the issue will be put to a vote by ALL Cove residents, assessment districts will be established, and fees collected from residents over a specified time.
Thanks for bringing this issue back to the table.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
The current mayor and at least half of the council were in office when the city re-did the streets throughout the cove; at that time they did a survey about underground utilities, since it would have been much, much less expensive to do so while the cove was torn up.
Majority voted “go for it”, but these same “city fathers” nixed it due to stinginess.
NOW….they’re all gearing up to form an assessment district….beyond disgusting.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I would love for them to underground the power lines. Right now I have two power poles in my backyard one with a transformer. As relates to the transformers they can be put on the end of a block. There should be around a 10ft city easement along the sides of the West to East streets. It would be outside of the owners fence and could be covered up with a something so it’s not an eyesore.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:30 am
The powerlines in the Cove reduce property values and are dangerous in the high winds we receive in the Desert. I’ve got a pole down the side of my house, and so do most of the people on my block. The transformers are little green boxes about 4 feet by 4 feet and the can be set in the utility easement in the front or side and easily covered with a few bushes. All of the newer tracks underground the utilities. The La Quinta Cove looks dated and will continue to look dated as the years go on. If you want how good the cove would look without powerlines, just look at the Yucatan Cove off Montezuma low in the Cove. It’s perhaps the most beautiful part of the cove, due in large part to the larger lots and the lack of powerline obstructing the mountain views. I think undergrounding the lines is the single most important thing La Quinta can do to beautify the city.