Another person wants this fixed!

And yet another person wants this fixed.

Any word on these lights? Have they been fixed yet?

Sid,

Word is that OG&E has responsibility for these particular lights, not Oklahoma City. I called OG&E about them last September when it wasn't just lights on streets to the West of the Federal Building, but all the street lights surrounding the Federal Building as well. (Can you believe the Federal Building's street lights were out? Crazy.)

Well they rushed right out & fixed the ones around the Fed, but none of the others. More calls to OG&E over the following months got the lights at 10th & Hudson fixed (the 4 ringing the intersection were out), but none of the others. I did make mention in every single call that nearly all the lights in SE Midtown were out.

Since the 10th St. intersection was repaired, there's been no activity. We still wait...

Sean Fenton

I am familiar with this kind of situation. Here lies the issue with long franchise agreements void of service requirements. Baring acts of God, OG&E should be able to commit to providing service to street light that is burned out within a set period.

I will see what I kind find out and see if any such agreement exists. If so, it might be that we need to remind our elected officials of the agreement.

I will report back.

Breakwater,

Did these lights get fixed?

I find this highly irritating. There is no reason street lights in a thriving part of the city should be black. It is a safety issue and a city moral issue.

No Sid, they sure didn't. I've not heard back from OG&E in response to my requests over the phone, either. I think it's time I did some more calling.

I have to agree with you Chad. MidTown's activity level has remained high since the redevelopment of the Plaza Court bldg. & all the new businesses moving down here. I'm surprised the area's basic safety systems aren't being actively enhanced, let alone kept in simple working order.

Maybe I'm still not reaching the right people with this...

How frustrating. I just got an email from OG&E this morning stating that they were looking into using SeeClickFix for getting reports like this. However, issues already reported to them shouldn't take this long to fix?

Zach, do you have any information?

Well, according to the results I found when I searched around a bit:

Stuart Chai, P.E., stuart.chai@okc.gov, is the contact for Traffic Management, which is "responsible for maintenance of all traffic control devices including signs, pavement markings, and traffic signals". I don't know if that includes lights or not.
http://www.okc.gov/pw/trafman.html

However, he is also listed as the contact for the Traffic Commission.
http://www.okc.gov/pw/trafficcom/trafcomm.html

I'll email Mr. Chai this page.

It is worth a shot although I would be surprised if he is the person responsible for the lights in question.

We are researching the issue. I have spoke to Public Works, including staff in Traffic Management, as well as the Planning Department, because these lights are located in a Business Improvement District, to find out why these haven't been fixed and who is responsible. As soon as I have more info, I'll update the thread.

Thank you Zach. I hope we hear back soon and solve this mystery. :)

Outstanding Zach, thank you for taking the time to listen and follow up on this.

Thanks very much, Mr. Nash. I appreciate your time & effort on this.

Thanks for reporting this issue. We've opened a ticket on it and will get it worked as soon as we can.

OG&E, would you please update us on the status of the ticket or provide us with a link where we can take a look ourselves?

Thank you.

OG&E, would you please update us on the status of the ticket or provide us with a link where we can take a look ourselves?

Thank you.

Just relocated my small biz from another part of the metro to this area of midtown. Glad to see the growing activity here. There is a new restaurant which is bringing much-appreciated foot traffic in the evenings, but having these lights out of order is making this more dangerous as the winter sunlight patterns arrive. OG&E -- please fix these lights.

We have issued work order # 900537348 to fix the lights. We will just start with this and that way we can keep track of the work order. Please supply this work order number when checking.

Thanks

OGE Online Services

OG&E, are we able to track the issue with work order number 900537348? I visited your website & could find no place to do so. Also, the Site Map lists nothing related to work orders. [On a side note, the Site Map doesn't contain hyperlinks at all (clickable links), as do all Site Maps I've ever visited.]

It's been over a year & work order numbers do not a street light illuminate. Please make the safety of the residents, business owners & patrons of Midtown a top priority.

Thank you.

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Since OG&E isn't actually doing anything to repair the lights in MidTown, can someone suggest another authority to bring into the matter?

Regarding work order number 900537348, our lineman reported back that these lights are not owned by OG&E lights.

If OG&E does not own them then who does own them?

It is possible that someone put those lights up themselves, such as other businesses. Are they on OG&E poles. Are they the decorative lights. It is also possible that someone would need to pay for those lights and they had them disconnected. If you could get an exact address to one of those lights we may be able to see if they belong to the address or owner. It is possible it is another utility provider.

Thanks
OGE Online Services

I don't believe this was resolved, but it's old enough that I'm going to close it.