November 2017
The COASTAL STAR
Lantana
Ocean Ridge
Read for the Record
Beach cleanup
Lantana Elementary School – Oct. 19
News 13
Oceanfront Park – Oct. 14
The Ocean Ridge Police Department hosted a ‘Beach Sweep’ to help clean the town’s beaches of debris left behind following Hurricane Irma. Volunteers enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs and refreshments following the cleanup. ABOVE: (l-r) Officer Bob Massimino, John Adamovich, Mark and Lynn Yaglowski, Officer Bob McAllister, Lynn and Korian Allison, Stella Kolb, Harvey Sovelove, Matthew Jones, Officer Phil Salm and Sgt. Rick Stang. LEFT: The police ATV loaded with debris. Photo provided
Lantana Town Manager Debbie Manzo gets a group hug after reading the book Quackers by Liz Wong to kindergartners at Lantana Elementary School during the annual Read for the Record competition coordinated by The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County. Manzo read to 188 children that day. Lantana was the 2016 winner in the smaller towns category. Photo provided
Gulf Stream
LUXURY HOME DEVELOPMENT
Town’s underground project back on track after Irma hiatus By Steve Plunkett Gulf Stream is holding weekly meetings with Florida Power & Light and the phone and cable companies to regain momentum on its project to bury the utility lines. Contractor Wilco Electric, which has been placing conduit underground for the utilities in phase 2 of the project, was pulled off the job after Hurricane Irma struck to help FPL restore power across the state. All of the underground conduit is now in place, and Town Manager Greg Dunham said Wilco is “on the verge” of finishing the electrical portion of the project. “It’s going to take a couple of months,” he said. “But you’ll still have AT&T and Comcast overhead.” Phase 2, which extends from Golfview Drive north, has approximately 200 customers subdivided into seven electrical “loops,” Dunham said. He expected FPL to issue “switching orders” allowing Wilco to switch customers from overhead to underground for at least two and possibly four loops by the end of October.
Each residence takes two to four hours to convert. During Irma, the entire town lost power because of problems with substations or feeder lines outside of Gulf Stream, Dunham said. The storm blew a couple of power poles over on Polo Drive, where residents were the last to regain electricity almost a week later. In the not-too-distant future, “that kind of incident won’t be happening,” he said. After the electrical connections are made, Comcast or AT&T will transfer its overhead lines underground. Usually, one utility waits for the other to finish its segment, but Dunham was hopeful they would work simultaneously in different sections of phase 2. Then FPL will return. “That’s when all the old infrastructure — the wires and poles — will come down,” Dunham said. Town residents approved the plan to bury utility lines in 2011 and agreed to bear the $5.5 million cost through special assessments. Gulf Stream officials approved spending an additional $510,000 from the general budget last year. Ú
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