Item: Sandy Springs (Fulton)
Chris Harrison is concerned about a low-hanging wire.
“For three weeks we have been living with a wire that swoops all the way to the ground In Fulton County. The fire department was called. They thought it was a cable line. The cable company was called twice from our house, and from some of the neighbors. We also called Sandy Springs public utilities manager. The wire remains. Please help. Someone has tied yellow caution ties on it, but that really doesn’t help,” Harrison wrote.
We sent the issue to Sandy Springs and got a quick response.
“We visited the site and discovered that Comcast had already reattached the line to the utility pole. They made the repairs in early October. The resident still has some concerns about the height of the cable, but it is no longer on the ground. I will coordinate with Comcast to reduce some of the excess ‘slack’from the line,” wrote Sandy Springs Utility Manager Gregory Payne.
Days on the list: 2
Who got it fixed: Sandy Springs Eden Freeman, EFreeman@SandySpringsga.gov
Item: Atlanta (Fulton)
Bo Wagner has an issue with lighting.
“Quite often as I leave work, I need to go north on Ga. 400. There is always a slowdown right at the Lenox Road exit underneath the Atlanta Financial Center. I’m not sure what the delay is most times, but I would suggest it’d be wise to fix the lights in the tunnel so people are not surprised,” Wagner wrote.
We heard back from the Department of Transportation.
“GDOT and Georgia Power are working jointly on the lighting repair assessment/cost for the GA 400 Financial Center Tunnel, which includes upgrading to LED Lighting. This is not a typical maintenance” of the lights but requires a relocation of parts of the lighting system infrastructure for optimal service. The existing system is old and in need of complete upgrade,” wrote DOT spokesman Natalie Dale.
Dale said once the review of the cost and the signing of agreements, the department will look at approximately six months of repairs. The goal is to have the system upgrade completed by next summer, she added.
Days on the list:2
DOT spokesman Natalie Dale, ndale@dot.ga.gov
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