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Plastic, Locking Panels Solve Cities’ Streetlight Pole Problems
The Kelly Group Recognized As An Industry
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From Chicago, to
Westerville, Ohio, to New York City, municipalities acknowledge the need to
aggressively combat exposed light pole wires. These cities and many others have
elected to purchase plastic, locking door panels rather than repair or replace
the original metal covers. And many cities boast positive results from plastic
panels purchased from The Kelly Group.
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Safety First |
As early as 1990, when a seven-year-old boy was electrocuted in St. Louis, community officials have been aware of the extreme safety issues surrounding service access holes. The St. Louis boy, who died after touching the insulated wires inside a street-light pole, alerted citizens to a chilling fact: hundreds of exposed wires, many of them live, exist in nearly every major U.S. city.
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A Legal Liability |
The
case law is clear: the public has a right to expect safe poles. For
municipalities, failure to protect citizens against a “foreseeable” danger is
considered negligence. For municipalities and manufacturers, defective products
that result in damage constitute strict liability.
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Keeping Our Cities Beautiful |
Graffiti, trash, abandoned cars: the list of blights upon our landscape is endless.
Add to the list streetlight poles. Specifically, many poles have uncovered service
panels-holes, to you and me. Dirty, nasty electrical wires hang from the holes.
Foul-smelling garbage resides in and around the holes.
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