lay a cable

Examples (10)

• Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
• The construction crew worked for weeks to lay the new fibre-optic cable.
• Engineers will lay a submarine cable across the Atlantic to improve internet speeds.
• They are currently laying a new power cable to supply the remote village.
• Laying the telecommunications cable through the mountains was a major engineering challenge.
• The government has approved a project to lay a high-speed data cable connecting the two cities.
• If we lay the cable along the old railway line, it will be much cheaper.
• By the time the new houses were built, the utility company had already laid all the necessary cables.
• Specialized ships are required to lay cables on the ocean floor.
• Before they could lay the electrical cable, they had to get permission from all the landowners.