According to town staff, there has been rainwater intrusion into the electrical panel box controlling the lights along Washington and Peach Street north of the park (trail project phase II). Some of the electrical components were damaged, even though they were supposed to be outdoor compatible units. Power is off until they can be repaired\replaced, meaning those streets are without streetlights until repairs are completed. You may recall we had streetlight problems\outage in that same area last December. I believe the outage was twelve days at that time. From what we know today the possible fixes include sealing a conduit that is likely allowing rainwater to leak into the box, and\or elevating some components off ground-level to avoid the risk of them being in standing water.
Water intrusion at Washington and Peach Street (photo Town of Cape Charles)
This is what happens when you pay someone to do shotty work with tax payers money so you can pocket the difference. Just like many other things in this town. (Everyone knows who was involved)
I can see now since the lights are back on. Was it really that hard to do your job? Really should have never came to any kind of news article and complaints. If something’s broke and can be fixed then just fix it. Instead of trying to beauiltify what doesn’t need beautification, fix what’s wrong or broke and the beautification is automatic. Now how about fixing those cheap worn out plastic chains around our fountain? Matter of fact don’t fix them. How about replace them with real steel chains and stop going all cheap and shotty with crappy material. THANKS!
P.S.
Major props to the kind citizen who tried to fix the chain the best they could with what they had. Unless it was the town that used coat hanger wires. Get off you A&!, take the tax payers money back out your pockets, and fix it properly. THANKS AGAIN!