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Resident urges city to proactively monitor streetlights after series of outages near Mayflower Avenue

3650531 · June 4, 2025
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Summary

A Monrovia resident described recent clusters of streetlight outages, including a January crash he says was connected to two out bulbs, and urged the city to proactively monitor the public lighting network rather than relying on citizen reports and Edison’s outage app.

A resident urged the City Council to prioritize monitoring of Monrovia’s streetlights after a series of outages that he said coincided with a serious pedestrian injury earlier this year.

Tom Dewar described an incident in January when his friend struck an elderly pedestrian near Palm Avenue while driving north on Mayflower; he said he later found two adjacent streetlights out at the same location. Dewar said the lights were repaired only…

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