Westporters worry about trees that topple in high winds, bringing down utility lines and disrupting electrical, phone and cable service for many.
But those power lines themselves are dangerous.
Marion Pietrowski writes of a concern that plenty of residents share, but that seems impossible to address.
No authority wants to — or can — claim oversight over the rat’s nest of wires, cables and poles that grow increasingly heavy and more burdened.
She says: “I constantly hear growing concern about the cable companies adding new live wires and wrapping them to the old ones, as well as leaving huge excess lines rolled up for future use, weighing down the poles, as it is apparently cheaper to do that than remove the old ones.”
She sent a few photos to illustrate her point.
But, she adds, “they’re everywhere.”
Post Road West, near Norwalk line.
Compo Road South, at Bridge Street and Greens Farms Road.
Near Luciano Park.
Saugatuck Avenue.
Sherwood Island Connector, at Greens Farms Road.
And, Marion notes, there’s another issue.
It’s easier for utility companies to place a new pole next to a damaged, rotten or otherwise unusable pole, than to remove the old one.
That too seems to be accidents waiting to happen.
One view of Saugatuck Avenue …
… and another. (Photos/Marion Pietrowski)
We just passed the 3-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Isaias.
Hurricane season is underway.
Fingers crossed …