Municipal Malfeasance Again - John Dunn, Consultant, Ambertec, P.E., P.C.

This broken telephone pole's location is at 125 Merrick Avenue  Merrick, NY 11566. It is October 24th at this writing. This pole has been broken since last June. It is directly across the street from The Roland Chatterton Elementary School. 

I called this broken pole issue in to Verizon originally on June 27th and thought that the repair would happen soon thereafter. It was quite some time again before I happened to walk down that way but when I did on September 18th, I was astonished to see that nothing had been taken care of.

After many calls both to Verizon and to The Town of Hempstead (this community) and getting nowhere at all, I filed a complaint today, October 24th, with the New York State Public Service Commission.

 

 

I wonder what's next. I hope it's nothing like "Truck Knocks Down Pole, Wires Fall on Man in Merrick" at

http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/truck-knocks-down-pole-wires-fall-on-man-in-merrick

or something similar.

Comments

[John Dunn]

As of November 14, 2012, nothing has yet been done about this pole. While repairs in the aftermath of Hurriane Sandy and Nor'easter Adele will undoubtedly have priority, this pole is still a clear and present community danger.

More to come as this situation develops.

[David Rothfeld]

John: Are you sure our great telephone company is the owner of this "bent" pole or is it owned by our favorite supplier of electricity (you know, that product that took a very long time to return to many people here on Long Island)?

[John Dunn]

It took some time and effort to resolve that question.
I've been touch with the power company, the phone company, town officials and the New York State Public Service Commision, but all to no avail so far. It turns out that the pole is the phone company's.

[nico@hou]

Well, when this pole will (not if) fall, depending on the circumstances someone will have to find a new job, if not facing criminal charges. My opinion is that it will be deserved. Make sure that when the problem arise, the problem was already identified.