Why doesn't the President do a "WPA (Works Project Administration)" style project where public funds pay to bury utility wires underground?

In the Roosevelt administration, public funds were used in the creation of the Works Project Administration (and/or the CCC, also known as the Civilian Conservation Corps), which hired unemployed people, were plentiful in the depression era, to build and improve national parks, roads, bridges, infrastructure, etc.

Since 2008, when we had the financial crisis, the unemployment level has risen dramatically. Meanwhile, as our weather gets more extreme, massive power outages for days at a time have become typical.

In many areas, the massive power outages are due to utility wires getting knocked out by trees and wind. Obviously this problem would be mitigated by the wires being buried underground, as they are in many new communities.

Would it not be a good idea for the President to do a WPA-style project, using public funding to bury utility cables underground? It would bring unemployment down and help the communities that are now often victim to hurricanes and severe storms that knock out power for days at a time, disrupting lives and costing businesses tons of money.