Caltrans has closed a stretch of Highway 101 in Menlo Park Thursday afternoon, as PG&E crews seek to restore power to neighborhoods that have been without electricity for two days.
"Fallen trees have caused damage to our powerlines , and it will not be possible to restore power without temporarily stopping traffic on nearby Highway 101," PG&E said on Twitter.
The lengthy outage has caught the attention of local lawmakers, who complained to the utility about the pace of restoring power.can't restore power after 48 hours! They should be able to move faster. Students in East Palo Alto are missing 2 days of school. My staff has made many calls over to them, and spoken to so many more residents w/o heat right now We must do better."They should be able to move faster. Students in East Palo Alto are missing 2 days of school," said State Sen.
In an update Thursday afternoon, PG&E said the culprit involved a downed tree along the highway that caused damage to a power line. Crews will remove the fallen tree and replace the wire. ⚠️UPDATE: PG&E is working w/ CalTrans & the CHP to safely conduct repair work occurring near hwy 101⚠️• Prior to PG&E making repairs to this section of line, the fallen tree needs to be removed.
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