Pierre City Commission Paves The Way To Continue Electric System Improvements

Pierre City Commission Paves The Way To Continue Electric System Improvements

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The City of Pierre is continuing its efforts to make sure the city’s electrical system is reliable into the future. The City Commission approved a request to seek bids for Phase 1-A of improvements….

Utilities Director Brad Palmer says the proposed work could be done in mild winter conditions and left an option for contractors to consider. Most of the work will be done through underground boring, eliminating the need for open trenching. Palmer says the project will focus on the northern side of Pierre…

A study back in 2009 opened the door to building redundancy into Pierre’s electric system…

The Commission also approved seeking bids for furnishing the materials for the project…

Both requests to bid were approved by the Pierre City Commission Tuesday night.