Friday, July 12, 2013

Don't Say You Weren't Warned

I sent a photo of this utility pole to officials in February, noting the rot at the bottom.
It was also leaning over the corner of Park & Sixth and had a lot of wires attached.

So today my taxi driver had to detour around a closure from Park & Seventh to Park & Fifth, because the pole fell down and took all the wires with it. Police, fire and utility personnel responded. A firefighter at the scene surmised that it had been put on a list, but fell before its turn came up to get fixed.

Well, don't say you weren't warned by an old pedestrian blogger months ago
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--Bernice
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    Can we say city lawsuit?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    I would take out the word "old" before the word pedestrian!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 8:38 PM

    I don't know if they have enough employees to have repaired the problem BEFORE the pole fell over, BUT I bet they have PLENTY of people to process your utility payments and to chase after you if you are late making a payment.

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  4. GBJuly 12, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    Take at look at the Clinton Ave Rail Road bridge ... then look for the legally required WARNING Signs !! How many man hours have been wasted by Police, Fire and PW when a few more signs would help out !!! Plus reduce the damage to the newly painted bridge !!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 11:11 PM

    If it's a utility pole, isn't the utility company responsible for it rather than the city?

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    1. BerniceJuly 12, 2013 at 11:27 PM

      The city passed the information to the utility company, I was told.

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    2. AnonymousJuly 13, 2013 at 11:39 AM

      On a related note, the inoperative fire hydrant nearest Friday's fire on W. Front St., it doesn't appear that the city has an ordinance requiring regular inspections. I would be interested to know whether it is the city's or the water utility's responsibility, and when this particular one was last checked out.

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    3. AnonymousJuly 13, 2013 at 5:48 PM

      That's odd considering if you have a sprinkler system in your house your required to have an annual inspection

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  6. RobJuly 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM

    there's always enough time and money to handle an emergency... Never enough time and money to solve the issue before it's a problem.
    It would seem the utility company operates on the City of Plainfield's M.O.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 13, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    it fits in better It leans like the drunks on park ave

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  8. AnonymousJuly 16, 2013 at 1:50 PM

    This was the same issue with the city street trees. No list of dead trees was made to determine priority of work. The city didn't want a list in case a tree on the list fell down, then they could be sued.
    Look at other towns, it does not look like Plainfield.

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