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WASHINGTON (AP) - A new phone number will make it easier to "call before you dig" in your yard and avoid hitting electric, gas or cable lines.
Starting Tuesday, homeowners and professionals can dial 811 to arrange for utility companies to mark locations of underground lines before beginning projects ranging from tree planting to home additions.
The service will be available in at about 98 percent of the country at launch, according to Robert Kipp, president of the Common Ground Alliance, an industry coalition that the Federal Communications Commission has asked to publicize the number.
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