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Residents press council for action on utility poles, tree trimming and JCP&L coordination; BPU suggested as escalation route
Summary
Residents and council members discussed repeated outages, leaning and double poles, and tree-trimming schedules. Several residents urged the borough to convene a joint meeting with JCP&L, Verizon/Optimum and the Board of Public Utilities to resolve outstanding pole and maintenance problems.
Multiple residents used public comment at the April 2 meeting to press the council for a coordinated response to utility pole problems, leaning poles with live wires, and uneven tree-trimming around power lines.
Residents described specific hazards: a snapped pole with live wires still attached near Florida and Charles streets that has been leaning for months, and leftover double poles where new poles were set but old poles with active lines were not removed. Several…
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