PORT TOWNSEND — FB Titan Powerline Foreman Drew Plato, left, helps to guide a new street slight post along with crew member Michael Lake on Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Monday.
The crew, which included Jimmy Holmes in a bucket truck, will continue to work between Tyler and Taylor streets today.
Titan is a contractor hired by the Jefferson Public Utility District to remove overhead wires and put them underground on Water Street and to install the new street lights.
The project, which is estimated to cost between $1.5 million and $1.75 million, is expected to last through mid-February and include fiber connections underground.
FB Titan Powerline crew member Michael Lake, left, trims electrical wiring from the top of a new street light Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, as foreman Drew Plato secures the opposite end. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)
FB Titan Powerline Foreman Drew Plato cuts excess wire just before a new street light is secured to its base on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)
FB Titan Powerline crew member Michael Lake, left, works with Jimmy Holmes to secure the electrical wiring inside one of the new street lights on Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. The crew, which included foreman Drew Plato, back left, will continue its work today between Tyler and Taylor streets. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)
