<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Nancy & Mike.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I agree with what they found -- In Boston, micro duct/fiber gets cut a lot more often, so providers tend to avoid it in mission critical locations, using it instead for edge deployment. The usual culprits are 3rd party contractors for utilities who don't necessarily do their due diligence identifying road markings, as-builts, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">The quick re-pave that requires a 'scarifying' of the macadam can and does harm microtrenching, so the providers usually closely monitor all scheduled city roadwork, usually on-site.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;font-size:x-small">Mike Lynch, Broadband & Cable</span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal"><i><font size="1" style="font-style:normal"><i><div dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal"><font size="1"><i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Boston Dept. of Innovation and Technology (DoIT)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">617-635-2737</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">617-327-8066 c</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:mike.lynch@boston.gov" target="_blank">mike.lynch@boston.gov</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Past President, </i></span><i style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">National Assoc. of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) </i><a href="http://www.natoa.org/" target="_blank">www.natoa.org</a></p></i></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal"><i><div><font size="1" style="font-style:normal"><i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">The City of Boston is subject to MGL: Ch.66, S.10 Public Records Law. <br></span></p></i></font></div></i></div></i></font></i></div></font></i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 12:12 PM Nancy Werner <<a href="mailto:NWerner@natoa.org">NWerner@natoa.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Mike! This is really interesting. I had not thought about your point 2 and how the shallow placement of the fiber could mean it has to be replaced when the road is replaced. The study seems to say that even more routine surface
work could impact shallow trenches. Hopefully these risks are being addressed prior to any micro-trenching so there are no issues down the road (pun intended!) when road replacement/maintenance damages or requires reinstallation of the fiber.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</b>Watza, Michael J.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 3:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ROW@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">ROW@lists.natoa.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ROW] Call This Thursday at 2 pm Eastern<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facetsjournal.com_doi_10.1139_facets-2D2016-2D0043&d=DwMGaQ&c=jHPlKdF3zLuO12CD8lDt5g&r=CA8nKMOXPId5iVuo8jrHk8Ny18poTSRfHVPVqZ5B2yM&m=UwEB1ezHU292nrwUVLi2_4_-YUzm7MeMn43RqvQsFHBMZgYbqhTxvhKlpa9LTT0l&s=2f4FIM7ZR2r3lHKRXn-r9fzQVM7NoJPbM7kKK-jwcEs&e=" target="_blank">https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2016-0043</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Here is a 2017 micro-trenching study conducted in an Alberta, Can. parking lot which offers some interesting insights.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">My concerns include:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The impact of these cuts as further weaknesses to our roads already subjected to harsh weather driven freeze-thaw and heaving cycles.
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Northern communities also tend to replace our roads more frequently than warmer climates for those same reasons. So what happens when a road is replaced or heavily re-worked every 20 years?
Does the fiber have to be replaced when the life of the fiber should be virtually unlimited? Who funds that replacement?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_-5981699283638666338MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(31,73,125);margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Because the micro-trench is very narrow by definition, it seems likely that the quantity of strands in such a project may be substantially fewer than a traditional installation which could leave
a fiber project inadequate to meet future needs? <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_-5981699283638666338MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(31,73,125);margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ownership of the Fiber. Assuming we don’t want multiple cuts into our roads, how do we address subsequent competitors seeking access?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_-5981699283638666338MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(31,73,125);margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Etc.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">A community here in SE Michigan is doing a microtrenching project as we speak, so I may have more direct experience in the next couple years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ROW [<a href="mailto:row-bounces@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">mailto:row-bounces@lists.natoa.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy Werner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ROW@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">ROW@lists.natoa.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ROW] Call This Thursday at 2 pm Eastern<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Alice. Let’s hold the call for those of you who can make it. Again, sorry for the late notice.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ROW <<a href="mailto:row-bounces@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">row-bounces@lists.natoa.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lawson, Alice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ROW@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">ROW@lists.natoa.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ROW] Call This Thursday at 2 pm Eastern<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’d offer these three items:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Portland new proposed ROW Code<u></u><u></u></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">If anyone from Portland is able to attend today, it would be great to hear a status update on their process to institute a new ROW Code to standardize/unify code requirements for all utilities
<span style="color:black;background:white">using infrastructure in ROW.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal">Microtrenching discussion<u></u><u></u></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">Insights from anyone allowing use of
<i>Microtrenching</i> for fiber deployments in ROW.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">Insights from those getting increasing pressure from telecoms to allow use of microtrenching in ROW<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal">FCC Second NPRM: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (WC Docket No. 17-84) “<i>Resolving Pole Replacement Disputes”.
</i>Plans for<i> </i>comments.<b> </b><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alice<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ROW <<a href="mailto:row-bounces@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">row-bounces@lists.natoa.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy Werner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 08:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ROW@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">ROW@lists.natoa.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ROW] Call This Thursday at 2 pm Eastern<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(156,101,0)">CAUTION: External Email<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Jodie! Today is the day for the call. I have been out of the office so I apologize for not getting an email out to solicit topics. Does anyone have anything to discuss today?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ROW <<a href="mailto:row-bounces@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">row-bounces@lists.natoa.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jodie Miller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ROW@lists.natoa.org" target="_blank">ROW@lists.natoa.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ROW] Call This Thursday at 2 pm Eastern<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi, all, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Do we have a Rights-of-Way Forum call today?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jodie Miller<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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