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State OKs 8-1-1 number to protect underground utilities

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NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Regulatory Authority on Monday approved 8-1-1 as the number to call to check for underground utilities prior to demolition or excavation work.

TRA officials said Tennessee became the first state to adopt the use of such a special number.

The Federal Communications Commission decided in March to assign the 8-1-1 number in an effort to prevent damage, but no state had adopted it until now.

TRA director Sara Kyle said the number “will make it that much easier for citizens and businesses to call before digging and will better protect Tennessee’s vast underground utility infrastructure.”

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