Executive Summary
3.0 Existing Utility System Overview
The Town of Palm Beach is predominantly served with
electric and communications services through a network
of overhead wires mounted to wood or concrete poles. It
is estimated that there are approximately 37 pole-miles of
overhead infrastructure within the Town limits. A pole-mile
is defined as the linear distance in miles along a set of utility
poles regardless of how many wires, cables, or equipment are
attached to those poles. This estimate is based primarily on
information conveyed by FPL, maps that were obtained from
FPL, AT&T, and Comcast, scaled measurements made from
those maps, and field observations. Based on our knowledge
of the Town and our field observations, Kimley-Horn
believes this to be the most reliable estimate of total overhead
infrastructure. The majority of poles observed in the Town
support both electrical and communications infrastructure.
There are a few poles that support only communications
infrastructure however, they appear to be very limited and do
not significantly impact the estimated length of 37 pole-miles.
The overhead utility infrastructure is often located in the
right-of-way of th