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Burying Austin's power lines would cost $50 billion (and is pretty much impossible)
A new report finds burying lines would be expensive and infeasible given Austin's rocky topsoil. The city commissioned the ...
Burying all the power lines in Austin would cost $50 billion, study finds
After an ice storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in February 2023, the city looked into what it would take to ...
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Fault lines pose challenge to Austin's tunnel projects
in Central Texas. One of the greatest challenges these projects will face is one that's laid dormant for millions of years, the Balcones Fault Zone. With the approval of Project Connect and the ...
Texas Earthquakes Activity on the Move—'The Fault Zone Has Been Activated'
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin looked at seven years' worth ... has resulted in multiple stresses along ...
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Texas has a history of earthquakes — but human activity is increasing their frequency
Here in the Austin area, she said there are some fault lines, but the region historically hasn’t had as much natural seismic activity akin to portions of West Texas. “It’s true that we are ...