St. Croix Residents On Feed #6 Sees Frequent Power Outages Following Heavy Rainfall
- Staff
- December 04, 2015
ST. CROIX -- After a grueling few days attempting to maintain consistent service to St. Croix Feeder #6A, which serves customers from the Estate Richmond Power Plant to Mon Bijou, the Virgin Islands Water and Power line crews, along with contractor Asplundh, spent today bulldozing property, under and around the power lines, that is teeming with overgrown trees and brush, a press release WAPA issued late Thursday reveals. Today’s work concentrated on the areas in Salt River, where the abundance of overgrown brush makes assessing and repairing power lines extremely challenging, and is moving this evening to Estate St. John which is facing the same situation, according to the release. On Saturday, during inclement weather, service was interrupted to this feeder, along with Feeders 3A and 10B. After crews conducted an initial assessment of the distribution lines and found no impediments, service was restored to feeders 3A and 10B within 5 minutes. Tree limbs were found on a portion of powe...
