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Even so, Wilks said “there’s not been a statewide plan, to my knowledge, for undergrounding.” In Aiken, the most recent project was burying one mile of power line along South Boundary from ...
The victim died Friday night after his motorcycle struck a downed power line on U.S. 25 in Aiken County, authorities say.
A motorcyclist, operating a 2004 Harley Davidson, was traveling south on Edgefield Road before colliding with a power line ...
The motorcyclist from Johnston was traveling south on Highway 25 when they crashed into a low-hanging power line from a ...
Lindsey Graham floated a possible solution: Putting the lines underground. "When we rebuild, let’s be smart about it," he said during a press conference in Aiken. "Power lines being knocked down ...
“To put all the power lines underground just in case another major hurricane comes in the next hundred years would be a really, really, really interesting business decision to make,” Paulling said.
In the aftermath of Helene, some have asked whether South Carolina ... most benefit from line burial. Bamberg, who favors a more comprehensive analysis of underground power lines, is hoping ...
Leaves littered the ground as tall, old trees were uprooted, crushing power lines as they toppled ... in the area around Aiken did not even compare, residents said. South Carolina is no stranger ...