Sandy Springs To Bury Utilities At City Center Site

Sign up for the Sandy Springs Patch newsletter!

---

The Sandy Springs City Council on Tuesday took an additional step to make its City Center project more pleasing to the eye.

The Council unanimously approved a stipulated sum agreement with Georgia Power Company to relocate above-ground utilities underground for the site and the “immediate surrounding affected capital projects,” the city notes.

According to the council’s agenda packet, Georgia Power has agreed to work with and install approved utility company facilities along with them.

Georgia Power, AT&T, Comcast, Google and the city are currently the planned utilities being installed in an underground trench, the city states.

The cost to Georgia Power covers material, equipment, and labor along with an excess facilities ongoing fee, or EFOC, for all installed utilities.

Georgia Power will do the task for a cost not to exceed $7.9 million. The estimated breakdown includes: labor, $2.5 million; material, $2.2 million; equipment: $550,000; and EFOC: $2.65 million. The city notes potential credits for franchise agreements, joint use credits and variances between estimated and actual costs will be refunded to the city at the end of each phase of the project.

Construction site prep work has already started on the City Center project, and a groundbreaking ceremony is expected to be held later this summer.

---

Image via Shutterstock