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Resident urges Hickory to remove hanging cable and phone lines near Murrett Stadium
Summary
A Hickory resident asked council to press utility companies to remove hanging or abandoned cable and telephone lines that he says are drooping to the ground near Murrett Stadium and other locations; the mayor said he would pursue calls to utility companies as a follow-up.
Resident Bob Post addressed the Hickory City Council on Aug. 5 to ask the city's help getting cable and telephone lines that are hanging down onto the ground repaired or removed, particularly near Murrett Stadium and on Eighth Avenue Northeast.
"There are lines that come down off from the utility poles, run along the ground, go back up to the utility poles," Post said, showing photographs he provided to the council. He said some lines…
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