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Street Lights Out: College Ave 38th - 42nd #14

Closed cmarburger08 closed 5 years ago

cmarburger08 commented 5 years ago

@DominicBM - please feel free to drop in your correspondence to date here! I'll be sure to update following my meeting TODAY!

cmarburger08 commented 5 years ago

@DominicBM Discussed at length with IPL today. Even with a fully operational Red Line, the issues lie beneath the surface with hundreds of yards of severed cables that need repair. At this time, IPL is negotiating with IndyGo and their contractors for reimbursement of the cost of repairs while meeting with DPW to push through permits and work orders to execute the work; however, the number of permits needed and the scale is overwhelming DPW and a workaround/solution for the arduous permitting process is needing.

I am working on securing hundreds of solar-powered yard lights for neighbors by next week. Please standby on those efforts and do not announce until I have more concrete plans.

cmarburger08 commented 5 years ago

Lights have been securred/ordered from Sullivan's Hardware and will be in hand early next week. Once received, we can publicize and have a party where we put them all out! :)

DominicBM commented 5 years ago

For the historical record, here is my email exchange with IndyGo (Jennifer Pyrz), starting 8/2:

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jennifer Pyrz jpyrz@hntb.com Date: Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:01 PM Subject: RE: College Ave street lights To: Dominic Byrd-McDevitt zone4@mkna.org

Thanks for the heads up on that, Dominc.  We will keep an eye on it and make sure the work is getting done.  The problem is, admittedly,related to the Red Line construction… but our contractors are reliant upon IPL to do the work to actually get the lights back on. Jennifer Pyrz, PERed Line Construction Management Team Email jpyrz@hntb.comOffice (317) 917-5322    GoogleVoice / Mobile: (317) 983-4230 www.indygored.com

From: Dominic Byrd-McDevitt [mailto:zone4@mkna.org]

Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:57 AM To: Jennifer Pyrz jpyrz@HNTB.com Subject: Re: College Ave street lights Thanks, Jennifer! I will certainly pass that on. I think in this case IPL has been communicating poorly. They told residents they had no information about when the lights would come on because it was related to Red Line construction—without mentioning they were the ones performing the work themselves. The lights on a major street went out without warning and have stayed dark for weeks without any update to residents. One resident in particular who lives right on College expressed a lot of ill will towards the Red Line project as a whole due to this. I know this is not all under your control, so thanks for getting back to me! Dominic 

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:37 AM Jennifer Pyrz jpyrz@hntb.com wrote:

Good morning Dominic –  Just wanted to update you on this.  IPL is aware of the problem and has reported to us that they are working on it. They have idle conduit to power back up as well as conduit to replace, and light poles to replace/relocate. The work should all be completed by the end of this month. We are monitoring their progress, but not directing it. If you’d like an update at a later date, feel free to reach out and we’ll share what we know! Jennifer Pyrz, PERed Line Construction Management Team Email jpyrz@hntb.comOffice (317) 917-5322    GoogleVoice / Mobile: (317) 983-4230 www.indygored.com

From: Dominic Byrd-McDevitt [mailto:zone4@mkna.org] Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 3:14 PM To: Jennifer Pyrz jpyrz@HNTB.com Subject: College Ave street lights

Hi Jennifer, I have received some questions from neighbors who report that street lights along College Ave have been out from about 38th St to 46th St. IPL responded to reports that it was due to Red Line construction, and they didn't have any other information. I know the work is wrapping up, but do you have any more specific information about when the lights will come back online? Thanks! Dominic 

DominicBM commented 5 years ago

Also, here are other resident reports (that I am aware of from Facebook). These are all from the Zone 2 group.

First reported in March, 2019 to MAC (no number given on Facebook):

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On July 17, 2019, Jared Hall states lights have been out for months and he has filed 4 reports with IPL with no replies:

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On July 26, Jared posts screenshots of Facebook messages with IPL customer service where they say for the first time it is due to Red Line.

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On August 2, I email IndyGo (above). On Aug. 20, Jennifer Pyrz responded (and I also shared her response on Facebook).

On September 4, 2019, RTV posted a news article about it: https://www.theindychannel.com/news/working-for-you/street-lights-out-along-college-avenue-because-of-indygo-red-line-construction

DominicBM commented 5 years ago

@DominicBM Discussed at length with IPL today. Even with a fully operational Red Line, the issues lie beneath the surface with hundreds of yards of severed cables that need repair. At this time, IPL is negotiating with IndyGo and their contractors for reimbursement of the cost of repairs while meeting with DPW to push through permits and work orders to execute the work; however, the number of permits needed and the scale is overwhelming DPW and a workaround/solution for the arduous permitting process is needing.

I am working on securing hundreds of solar-powered yard lights for neighbors by next week. Please standby on those efforts and do not announce until I have more concrete plans.

Thanks for your work on this, @cmarburger08! I think people will be really happy to know what is going on, as well well as to hear about your stopgap measures! (Too bad DPW/IndyGo can't pay us back.)

cmarburger08 commented 5 years ago

We’re not paying for it! :)

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On Sep 11, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Dominic Byrd-McDevitt notifications@github.com wrote:

@DominicBM Discussed at length with IPL today. Even with a fully operational Red Line, the issues lie beneath the surface with hundreds of yards of severed cables that need repair. At this time, IPL is negotiating with IndyGo and their contractors for reimbursement of the cost of repairs while meeting with DPW to push through permits and work orders to execute the work; however, the number of permits needed and the scale is overwhelming DPW and a workaround/solution for the arduous permitting process is needing.

I am working on securing hundreds of solar-powered yard lights for neighbors by next week. Please standby on those efforts and do not announce until I have more concrete plans.

Thanks for your work on this, @cmarburger08! I think people will be really happy to know what is going on, as well well as to hear about your stopgap measures! (Too bad DPW/IndyGo can't pay us back.)

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DominicBM commented 5 years ago

Wow, way to go!

cmarburger08 commented 5 years ago

Light installed - neighbors excited and receptive.

According to IPL, they have ordered materials and we should see repairs in the coming weeks!

DominicBM commented 5 years ago

According to Facebook, the lights came back on last night!

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