The changing seasons means homeowners finally have the opportunity to begin outdoor projects, but this Safe Digging Month, Diggers Hotline of Wisconsin is reminding them to call 811 before they begin. By contacting this hotline or visiting diggershotline.com which call out professional locators to mark underground lines at project sites, residents can avoid service disruptions, costly repairs, and potentially serious injuries that can occur when striking a buried utility line. Because utility lines can shift under the soil, homeowners are required to file for a new locate request for each digging project, regardless of its size, three working days to their start date. It’s estimated an underground utility line is damaged every nine minutes in the US due to digging at unmarked sites.