Unnamed Administration sources reported that Jason Lewis said:

They cut yet another cable and fiber doing the same red-light camera install a couple of blocks down.

They were saying the contractor that made the cut may not be responsible....because the cables are underground. Does that make sense?

I've heard the way the law works in some states: Contractor calls the dig coordinator center. DCD posts announcement via what amounts to a VPN to all folks with stuff underground. (was a tty loop years ago..) If Contractor digs without notice, they are dead meat. Potential victims go mark their stuff, or often a locator contractor does it. Contractor digs. If victim does not mark in time, or marking is wrong, contractor is off the hook. So if cables were {un, incorrectly-}marked, it could not be the diggers' fault. Note some markings say "It's somewhere around here; hand digging ONLY, with our representative on-site at the time.." -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433