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<br />a) Burying l1igh voltage equipment creates safety~ concerns vvith personnel in COl1filled <br />space. <br /> <br />b) With secondary voltage equipment being buried, water, dirt and animal <br />contamination does lead to equipment failure and service interruption. <br /> <br />c) Finding buried manholes or l1andholes is always a challenge. In tlle \\'inter, gaining <br />access is a problem due to frozen ground. <br /> <br />The possibility of different utilities sharing "utility boxes" thereby reducing the number of <br />"utility boxes" has been looked at. Shared "utility boxes" bemreen different companies <br />creates serious safety arld liability concerns. <br /> <br />The utility system of buried c.onductor vlith equipment and terminations above ground l1as <br />e\'olved because it works from a safety code, operations and maintenance perspecti\re. The <br />dovm side is tllere \\Till be "utilit)T boxes'~ above ground. Technolog)r, economics 8Jld quality <br />of reliable ser\Tice has not provided any reasonable altemati,'es. <br />