I was rudely awakened at 7 am some days ago. It turned
out the works for laying the new optical fibre glass cables had started and my street
had been cordoned off. Men in high vis jackets
were digging up the pavement assisted by a little digger that lifted the
paving stones and concrete tiles. Then a large reel was brought in with lengths
of orange cable on it. The work took them two days and they have now moved on
to a street just around the corner...
Pedestrian were directed to the pavement on the other
side of the street (left) as the pavement had been lifted for digging a trench.
In the middle of the street a connective trench was dug between both sides of
the street. The result was a tiny linear dune of sand on the curb, the spoils
of digging the trench for the fibre optic cables.
A large reel on a cart held the cable (left). As the
cart was pulled forth the cables were laid down along the trench. This trench
was about 2 feet deep. The cables are laid at the bottom and it is than
back-filled with sand (middle).You can clearly see a house connection sticking
out. Finally the pavement was resurfaced by levelling the sand and placing the
concrete pavement slabs back and stabilising them with a vibratory plate that
presses the surface. More sand was swiped between the joints to add more
stability, thus creating a half-open pavement that lets rain water permeate -to
some extent- into the ground.
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