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Merriam residents press council to tackle repeated power outages, ask for buried lines
Summary
Residents from a small Merriam neighborhood urged the City Council to help resolve frequent power outages—citing food spoilage, medical risks and insurance claims—and asked the city to press Evergy about tree trimming or undergrounding lines for an easement serving roughly 20–75 homes.
Scores of residents from the Maston Drive and West Vernon Place area told the Merriam City Council on Oct. 28 that repeated power outages have become a persistent safety and quality‑of‑life problem.
At the public‑comment portion of the meeting, several neighbors described months-long outages and asked the city to help identify who is responsible and what fixes are feasible, including burying the overhead lines along a utility easement. "We are constantly losing power," said Chris Carnegie of 6600 Maston Drive, and asked the council whether the city could explore putting that section of lines underground.…
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