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Martinsville staff outline storm response and substation failure that caused localized outages
Summary
Public works and electric department briefed council on an extended winter storm response and an underground substation failure blamed on wildlife; material and labor costs were tallied and contingency steps outlined, and council praised crews for extended emergency work.
City staff gave a detailed account of a prolonged January storm response and a separate electrical outage that required multi-department effort and will require replacement equipment.
Public Works Director Greg Maggard outlined the storm timeline (beginning Jan. 23), threshold response priorities (primary roads, then secondary and local streets), and resource usage during a 13-day response. Maggard said crews used about 200 tons of sand, 150 tons of salt and roughly 2,500 gallons of brine; material costs were about $33,000, parts and…
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