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Chapter 3
EXIST IN G UTIL ITY S Y S TE M O VE RVI E W
The Village of Key Biscayne is predominantly served with electric and
communications services through a network of overhead wires mounted
to wood or concrete poles. It is estimated there are approximately 16
pole-miles of overhead infrastructure within the Village limits. A pole-mile is
defined as the linear distance in miles along a set of utility poles, regardless
of how many wires, cables, or equipment are attached to those poles. This
estimate is based primarily on:
 information conveyed by FPL
 maps that were obtained from FPL, AT&T, and Comcast
 scaled measurements made from those maps
 field observations
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The Village would like to abandon the rear easements in cases
where no other utilities remain in the rear easement after the
overhead to underground conversion. There is currently a
combination of electric and communications in the rear easements.
Not all of these are present in every easement on every pole.
Based on our knowledge of the Village and our field observations,
Kimley-Horn is confident this is the most reliable estimate of total overhead
infrastructure. The majority of poles observed in the Village support both
electrical and communications infrastructure. There are a few poles that
support only electrical infrastructure.
The overhead utility infrastructure is often located in the right-of-way of the
major Village roadways, in rear yard easements, and/or rear alleys between
street blocks. The preference is to relocate these lines to the front street
right-of-way for the following reasons:
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The rear easement is not accessible by utility maintenance vehicles,
which creates problems with wire and equipment installation and
maintenance. Utility providers now require truck access to new
equipment installations, so rear easement/alley installation will only
be allowed if the equipment can be accessed by truck.
Existing overhead transformers (left) and capacitor bank (right)
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