0:31
Brian Boss
32:06 - 32:37
“last winter was unusual that the frost was getting down to 11 feet deep in those areas. Normal winters, that doesn't happen. Like I said, we've never experienced in my 20 years here frozen water main in the right-of-way like I showed you. But last winter, it happened 3 times, all within a couple of days of each other”
- Speaker
- Brian Boss
- Timestamp
- 32:06 – 32:37
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 20, 2026
From the transcript
We had— because a lot of those are under yards where there is snow cover, uh, we bury our main 10 feet deep to try to get below the frost depth. So last winter was unusual that the frost was getting down to 11 feet deep in those areas. Normal winters, that doesn't happen. Like I said, we've never experienced in my 20 years here frozen water main in the right-of-way like I showed you. But last winter, it happened 3 times, all within a couple of days of each other, and that was one of them.
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