Elgin Street reconstruction will mean burying hydro lines, city decides

Elgin Street won’t be cluttered with hydro poles after it’s rebuilt between now and 2020, the city says, because the wires they hold will be buried instead.
Buried hydro wires make for a cleaner streetscape, but they’re also much more expensive than wires run overhead from pole to pole. As a rule, the city won’t pay the premium even when a street is being completely rebuilt.
But in a memo to city councillors Monday, infrastructure manager Alain Gonthier said planners and