Description
Most of the street lights along Old Alabama from Riverside to Market Boulevard are out and have been for months, if not years.
Most of the street lights along Old Alabama from Riverside to Market Boulevard are out and have been for months, if not years.
14 Comments
Department of Transportation (Registered User)
Meghan Cherfoli (Registered User)
DonS (Registered User)
Acknowledged Traffic Engineering (Registered User)
Traffic Engineering (Registered User)
Mike Elliott (Registered User)
DonS (Registered User)
Scott Brunner (Registered User)
The streetlight outage at the roundabout and the several streetlights north of the roundabout is due to the removal of the streetlight infrastructure on the north side of Old Alabama Road which occurred during the construction of the roundabout. There is currently no streetlight power connection feeding the previously existing streetlights as that infrastructure was not reinstalled or rerouted after the roundabout was completed. The developer was responsible for contracting the new street light work and the reconnection of the prior circuits with Georgia Power, and obviously that did not occur in a timely manner. The City is not privy to what may or may not have transpired between the developer and the power company, but Georgia Power has advised us that the replacement work has been authorized and the work is scheduled to be completed on or about October 24, 2019. My agency (Roswell Transportation Department) did indeed request several months ago that all certificates of occupancy be withheld for any units in the RiverWalk project until the street lights are fully functional.
-Scott Brunner, City Traffic Engineer
sbrunner@roswellgov.com
DonS (Registered User)
Scott Brunner (Registered User)
I recently noticed that myself and am disappointed that some of the units have been allowed to be occupied. That is one of the key remaining points of leverage that we have. Typically the power companies install the street lighting systems for such developments, so I'm sure those internal lights have been successfully completed with no issues. We have a new City Engineer and she is being very proactive in working with us to prevent these things happening in the future.
-Scott Brunner
DonS (Registered User)
Scott Brunner (Registered User)
Scott Brunner (Registered User)
New lights were installed around the roundabout by Georgia Power last week of October and were confirmed operational earlier this month. We have recently identified a few new individual pole outages north of the roundabout that we are coordinating with Georgia Power on.
S.Brunner
Closed Scott Brunner (Registered User)