HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A northeast Houston homeowner told ABC13 that a car crash about two weeks ago left a damaged street light pole in his yard and blocked the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
Don Washington also said it’s making the little East Little York\/Homestead neighborhood even darker.<\/p>\n
Washington said he contacted CenterPoint, but didn’t see action.<\/p>\n
“Two or three days later, CenterPoint came out after I called them a second or third time and looked at it and took off, and then they came back as of (Monday) and said it’s no hot wires; ‘We’ll get to it when we can,'” Washington recalled.<\/p>\n
CenterPoint confirmed to ABC13 they first learned about the pole about a week ago.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, when ABC13 contacted the company, the pole was picked up in hours.<\/p>\n
“ABC13, yes, and I thank y’all for coming out – because we’ll get some action now,” Washington expressed.<\/p>\n
Washington said he’s thankful for the quick action.<\/p>\n
“They came out and looked at it, but I didn’t get any action until ABC13 news got involved; then they came within hours to remove the pole and said they’ll be back (Wednesday),” Washington said.<\/p>\n
CenterPoint is confirming in a statement to ABC13 that they are working on replacing the street light as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
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