ATLANTA – April 1, 2024 – Warmer spring weather provides the perfect timing for outdoor projects. As a part of National Safe Digging Month, Atlanta Gas Light is reminding everyone to contact 811 before they begin any digging project. This includes jobs such as mailbox/fence installation, planting trees or putting in a pool. It also applies to professional excavators when performing work such as paving, tunneling, or blasting.
Contacting 811 is free. There is no cost to have your underground utility lines marked. It’s also a law designed to help to protect both our communities and to ensure the underground utilities stay safe and connected. Atlanta Gas Light offers the following safe digging guidelines:
Atlanta Gas Light maintains more than 34,000 miles of natural gas infrastructure across Georgia. In addition to those lines, there are underground communications, water and sewer lines, and other utility lines. Knowing where underground infrastructure is before you dig helps prevent injuries, property damage and inconvenient service outages.
Atlanta Gas Light’s Safe Digging Arcade is another way for families to learn more about the importance of safe digging. Complete all eight activities to become a Safe Digging champion! The arcade uses science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) to educate children about how their families can stay safe and avoid damaging a utility line when digging around their homes.
For more information about natural gas safety, visit AtlantaGasLight.com/safety.
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Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America’s premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.4 million natural gas utility customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with more than 600,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other nonutility businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
Alicia Young
770.658.9728
aliyoung@southernco.com