ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Trimming trees and keeping power lines clear is a job performed all year-long, but following a destructive hurricane season, more work needs to be done. It’s necessary care that is helping prevent any potential hazards in the future.
On the residential streets of St. Petersburg, a team of Duke Energy contractors trimmed back a row of trees on Tuesday.
“This is part of our routine maintenance that we do throughout the year,” said Tamron Fernandez, the manager of distribution vegetation management for Duke Energy. “We do about 5,000 miles of trimming a year. We’ve got about 23,000 miles of line across the state … so it’s a constant program to make sure that we’re maintaining these lines from the vegetation.”…