LONGWOOD, Fla. – The city of Longwood is grappling with a growing number of underground utility strikes tied to fiber optic installation work — and one neighborhood is living with the consequences while city leaders are asking tough questions about what comes next.
City Manager William Watts tells News 6 there’s been more than a dozen incidents involving underground utility strikes so far in 2026, three of which were considered significant.
“These major incidents were tied to WOW!’s undergrounding work while several others involved Lumen and Sentry,” Watts told the Commission at a meeting this week…