A risky fix to repair a city's gutted streetlight grid
Sunday, June 25, 2017 - 12:32
in Earth & Climate
For years, residents in this cash-strapped city watched helplessly as thieves gutted 33 miles (53 kilometers) of streetlight wiring, plunging long stretches of roadway into darkness. The thousands of dollars criminals pocketed at off-the-books salvage yards wreaked millions of dollars in damage.