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Residents urge city to turn on streetlights and restore on-call transit for seniors and disabled
Summary
During public comment, residents said newly installed light posts near a senior housing block remain dark eight months after installation and asked the city to help PG&E activate them; other speakers requested an on-call transit service for disabled and homebound residents.
Residents told the Greenfield City Council during public comment that two recently installed light posts near Mongolia 2nd face apartments have never been turned on and that the darkness creates safety and accessibility concerns for seniors, after-school students and others.
Gabby, a resident who said she had contacted Public Works Director Jamie and the utility, told council, “They were installed over 8 months ago. They've never been turned on. It's really dark.” She said Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) had told her the city needed to set up an account so PG&E could schedule activation: “PG and E ... told me was that the city must contact them, set up an account for PG and E to come out here and turn them on because they can make an order because there's…
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