Tree removal companies told her they can’t do anything until the wires are down, and electrical companies told her they can’t do anything until the trees are out of the way.
The 19 News Troubleshooter team started to make calls.“The City has happily worked directly with the homeowner to connect them with their local public utility to resolve the problem. This is not a city issue, but a matter involving a private homeowner and their insurance company.”Cleaning up tree debris left by emergency restoration work is typically the responsibility of property owners.
Stating that FirstEnergy owns the easement between the homes and the wires on their easement are making it unsafe.“I hope that First Energy steps up along with the communication companies and the city and does something about this,” said Metro.The neighborhood is hoping someone will foot the bill before the garage that’s holding up the tree falls down.