Ok guys heres a good example of stupidity all around.
theres a big tree about one home away from mine. The lady that owns this home is near 90 and blind. I shovel a path to the street so she can get out by county bus service for doctors visits etc. I help her in other minor ways like taking her trash can back to her house after the garbageman does his thing. she is in real bad shape and having lived here since 1972 do what i can to help a old friend. she looks bad.
now the tree doesnt belong to her, its on a abandoned right of way from before the homes were built in 1950.... the tree lies in brunner lane... long unused its grass. hasnt seen a vehicle since 1972 when i moved here, neighbor a original owner said lane never used once homes were built
now this tree has a BIG limb pushing on the neighborhoods new verizon fios line. recently the tree has been losing limbs the town came out one time and cut one hanging down in the middle of the road. i have pulled some off the road and disposed of some too
the phone line is now in tension supporting the tree limb, the nearby pole appears no longer plumb taking some of the load.
so I figure the phone company will send out a bucket truck, 5 minutes with a chain saw and the line is safe. splicing fibre reportedly very expensive......
after 2 hours of talking to verizon repair finally says they no longer do tree trimming, they wait till the line comes down and bill the property owner. they refer me to the town
informed offending tree is on abandoned right of way I call the town. they said we will look into it. that was last week.
called town again today, told they arent sure who owns the land the tree is standing on. might be whats left of the brunner family. in any case its illegal for them to trim tree even though its a hazard and can cause accident or injury, if the limb well over a foot in diameter hits a vehicle. they broke law removing earlier limb......
said solicitor is looking into who owns the ground then they will be given 10 days to fix the hazard.
meanwhile that tree is going to knock out phone fios and FIOS TV in our neighborhood besides perhaps causing a accident and injury.
I told the road crew guy if someone gets hurt I will testify at the trial and that authorties were informed. and so far havent blocked the street
the pole has no electric service on it just cable above the limb and verizon below.
good advice needed my personal as well as business phone will be knocked out along with FIOS so i have a vested interest in getting this fixed.
limb probably 18 inches in diameter, tree must be over 200 years old perhas 6 or 8 feet in diameter