JULIE Information

Today, more utility companies and municipalities that supply power, gas, water and telecommunications are delivering these services underground, including the City of Countryside.  With this in mind, JULIE, Inc. and its members are promoting the importance of calling the Illinois One-Call System before any digging projects and stressing safe-digging practices to professional excavators and homeowners as part of a statewide "Dig Safely Illinois" education campaign.

According to state law, anyone planning an outdoor project that requires digging, regardless of the depth or size of the outdoor project, should call JULIE at (800) 892-0123.  The call to JULIE and the service it provides are free to the excavator and the City urges all residents and businesses to contact them BEFORE any project begins.  Call center operations are available to receive and process calls 24 hours/day, 7 days a week.

Common examples of homeowner projects that require a call to JULIE before digging include putting up a fence, installing a swing set, a mailbox post or new water feature, building a deck or room addition, preparing a new garden area, or adding new trees, bushes or shrubs.

Please have the following information ready when you call JULIE:
-Your name, address, telephone number
-County and city
-Your company's name and address (if applicable)
-Location of the dig site
-Extent of the work involved (reason for dig)
-Date work will begin
-Permit number (if applicable)
-Section and quarter section numbers (if available)

After providing JULIE with the above information, the JULIE operator will give you a "dig number".  Be sure to write the number down as it serves as proof of your call.  You will also need to reference this number if subsequent calls to JULIE are necessary.

Please do not dig without JULIE marks unless the utility has indicated there are no facilities in the dig area. 

Further information is available online at http://www.illinois1call.com/.

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