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BEL Urges Caution, Safety
posted (October 19, 2015)
Tonight on the news you've heard a lot about Antelope Street extension - one of the most flood-affected areas of the city - and that's because it's severely challenged in terms of infrastructure. That means many of the neighborhoods in the far reaches of the Collet Division have no streets, no drains and no lamp-posts. That forces residents to create their own ramshackle power grids - hundreds of feet of electrical wire, plotted like a spider's web across the makeshift neighborhoods. Mix that with rising floodwaters, and it's a recipe for disaster. BEL had to cut power in the area over the weekend, after the company reports that "In separate instances…lives were put at risk: a house was extensively damaged and there was an avoidable power outage due to these unsafe electrical connections."

Today BEL's Public Relations Manager Vonetta Burrell told us why these connections pose a real safety hazard:..

BEL informs residents that they can be safely connected to the electricity system through the Connecting Homes, Improving Lives Program where low-income residents may qualify for the installation of a free service entrance.

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