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Resident raises safety and drainage concerns after cable company places equipment in newly created drainage ditch
Summary
A resident said a cable-company electrical cabinet was installed in a drainage ditch created during 29th Street reconstruction, risking basement flooding and damage; the city engineer and council agreed to follow up with the company and invited the resident to meet on site.
A Sioux City resident told the council a cable company placed a meter and electrical cabinet in the middle of a drainage ditch that neighbors had installed to keep water out of basements during a street-reconstruction project.
"They put a big electrical apparatus right in the middle of our drainage ditch," said Keith Barrett, who identified himself as living at 1304 20 Ninth Street and representing neighbors affected by 29th Street reconstruction. Barrett said the device was installed by Sparklight’s subcontractor and that the placement interfered with a drainage solution neighbors…
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