An alleged drunk driver hit a power pole around midnight on Monday morning on Treat Blvd. near Cowell Rd., according to Concord Police.
Treat Blvd. is currently closed in both directions between Cowell Rd. and Navaronne Way along with side streets including Cuneo Dr.
Expect road closures into the morning hours.
Was that midnight before or after the time change? Wasn’t paying attention and went to bed an hour late.
Another foolish individual who should not be allowed to drive. The traffic this morning was horrible. Hope they had enough insurance to pay for the power pole and workers salary that will cost a fortune to replace.
Well the good news is at least the drunken driver didn’t hit innocent people.
But how many lives did this selfish moron disrupt?
Good job dumba** !!
I have NOOOOO concept of relative costs, the challenges, etc…… but
I’m wondering whether PG&E can start under-grounding these hideous poles and strings of wires/cables one at a time? They are dangerous not only for drivers and during earthquakes, etc., but also they are a blight on the entire face of Concord!
And now it’s time for the fact. Based on your extensive knowledge of power pole resilience during earthquakes can you extrapolate your point, in numbers, as to how many deaths power poles have caused in an earthquake?
Even if downed utility poles and live wires do not cause death on impact, they would/could block evacuation routes (and as you know, Treat Boulevard definitely needs to function as an evacuation route we’re there to be a disaster…. natural or man-made).
I grew up in hurricane country, so perhaps that is the source of my safety concerns. Are you actually saying that you think the poles, wires, and cables are pretty and NOT potential threats?
The pole was swerving all over the road before I hit it, Officer.
Also blame Newton, his laws, and his crummy fig cookies.
Street still closed
It would be nice if the City of Concord put a sign down around Oak Grove so you don’t have to drive up and see the closure with the guy sitting in the truck eating donuts and earning money not directing people. Took an extra 10 minutes but the jelly dribbling down his chin was a sight to see.
Heard the sirens and figured that’s what happened – lost power for about 15 minutes in my neighborhood. Hope no one else was injured!
Common sense tells me the police officer should not be parking his patrol car near or under these power lines.
Putting power distribution lines under ground is only part of what’s involved in residential areas. Fiber optic lines, copper telephone cables along with media providers. Each residence will need services trenched in. An who gets the privilege of paying to retrofit an already built up neighborhood?
It’s easy and economical to underground power distribution service before residences are built.
In years to come we’ll get to see , recently put forth naive fantasy of burying power transmission lines to prevent wildfires, faceplant.
Consider time involved if above ground transmission line fails (hours or days), against time (two to six weeks) to repair an undergrounded transmission line. Willing too sit in the dark for weeks with a fridge of rotten food?
‘Undergrounding high voltage electricity transmission lines
The technical issues’
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Georgia Transmission
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Wildfires can be result of high wind causing conductor gallop.
Anti gallop dampeners have been available for years, some can reduce galloping by 70%.
galloping
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