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Residents press council over dark street lights; city officials say repairs hampered by utility lead times
Summary
Residents raised safety concerns about unlit intersections and outages at the Oct. 22 Long Branch council meeting; city officials said JCP&L (now part of FirstEnergy) has long lead times for replacement parts and the city is documenting outages and escalating reports to the Board of Public Utilities.
Several residents at the Oct. 22 Long Branch City Council meeting raised public-safety concerns about dark or inoperable street lights and urged faster repairs. The council and city officials responded that the city is documenting outages and escalating complaints to the utility and regulators, but some repairs are delayed by long lead times for equipment.
Resident Scott Beaver told the council that intersections and curves are poorly lit and called the condition a public-safety hazard. "From this point…
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