PIERRE — The Pierre City Commission has approved a series of agreements to allow for the burying of a major fiber optic communications cable through the city. Project manager Gidget Palmer says Ledcor Telecommunication Services is running a line from the Black Hills to the Twin Cities, through Pierre…
The line will come into Pierre just south of the current John Waldron Memorial Bridge…
The route of the line through Pierre is approximately two miles long and will be completely underground. Palmer says working on the route got interesting with all of the current projects along the Pierre side of the Missouri River…
The Commission approved a South Dakota Department of Transportation permit application, the small easement area near the river crossing and a right to occupy that addresses insurance requirements and city application.
