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Wire conduit detached from utility pole Archived

90 Mckinley Avenue New Haven, CT • Show on Map Hide Map

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Reporter

Bruce Barber

Issue ID:

12637

Submitted To:

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Neighborhood:

Westville

Reported:

on 01/13/2010

Description

The conduit is hanging at an angle away from a utility pole numbered "2137" with a loose wire hanging from the end.

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16 Comments

Eddie (Guest)

The city of New Haven owns, operates, and maintains the city's street light system. To report a streetlight out in New Haven, call 1-203-946-6091.

Elsewhere in The United Illuminating Company's service territory, visit www.uinet.com and use UI's online repair request, or call UI at 1-800-7-CALL-UI (1-800-722-5584).

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Thanks!

I'll call UI...

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Eddie (Guest)

Bruce: If the streetlight is in New Haven, you should call the city.

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Hi Eddie,

I called UI and they said they'll send someone out. (It could be a cable or phone company issue, but I figure the power company is the best place to start!)

I'll let you know what happens. In the mean time, thanks for the (excellent) advice.

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Progress!

A REALLY nice guy from UI just stopped by. He's not sure it's a UI issue, but promised to send an engineer to investigate.

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Eddie (Guest)

Glad to hear it!

01/13/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Good early action, but now, two weeks later, no sign of "the engineer"...

01/28/2010 · Flag Flagged
Greg Dildine (former Ward 25 Alderman) (Registered User)

Bruce,
Welcome to the neighborhood! Glad to have another set of eyes out there and another seeclickfix fan.

Please call me or email me. Find contact info at dildine25.org

Thanks,
Greg
Alderman, Ward 25

01/28/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Thanks, Greg!

I *heart* Westville...

01/28/2010 · Flag Flagged
Eddie (Guest)

Bruce: I'm confused. I'm pretty sure the original complaint here was regarding streetlights on Elm Street. This appears to be a separate complaint.

01/28/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Hi Eddie,

I apologize for the confusion.

The issue does not concern a streetlight. It's a metal conduit attached to a utility pole on McKinley Avenue. The conduit is hanging away from the pole at an angle.

I called UI and they sent a truck. The technician said it did not appear to be a UI wire, but that he would send an engineer to have a look. UI has not, to my knowledge, done so.

The technician did mention that there used to be fire alarm boxes on the street, and that the wire might have been left there when they were removed.

I'm a bit frustrated...

01/28/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Still nothing on this - the guy from UI appears to have dropped the ball...

07/01/2010 · Flag Flagged
Eddie (Guest)

From what I've been able to gather, it's not UI equipment. I should have looped back long ago and let you know, but it looks like I got two threads confused. Anyhow, I'm hoping to get an answer on who is responsible for this.

07/01/2010 · Flag Flagged
Bruce Barber (Registered User)

Thanks, Eddie - much appreciated!

07/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
Eddie (Guest)

Apparently, this has been removed. Not sure who removed it, but it was gone when a crew came by. Hopefully, we can close the ticket.

07/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
Closed Bruce Barber (Registered User)

It's fixed!!!

A VERY kind gentleman from UI showed up to look into the problem yesterday morning, and the conduit was GONE.

I'd like to thank SeeClickFix, UI, Eddie, the mystery repair team, my high school english teacher... oh wait, that's another speech...

Thanks so much to one and all!

07/03/2010 · Flag Flagged

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