Tree blocks Valley Road, cleanup underway, Essex County NJ
Road ClosureA large tree fell onto Valley Road, completely blocking the roadway. Utility workers secured the live electrical wires, so no wires are on the ground. The tree is too large to move by hand, and public works is required to clear it. The road remains impassable until cleanup is done.
Audio|Source: Maplewood Police Department
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Transcript:
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Just checking is the desk where the road closes on Valley.
00:09
Stand by.
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Go Central. All right,
00:25
PSC and G is still waiting their crew, but the foreman on-site was able to clear up their wire,
00:35
so there's no energized wire on the ground anymore.
00:38
We still have the active tree in the middle of the roadway.
00:42
We have to have DPW come out and clean that up.
00:51
All right, received.
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331, hold me off the headquarters for a brief 27.
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Received.
01:04
Received. And 376, is that tree blocked in the roadway or did you say it was off to the side?
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Now the live wires are now tied up to the pole, the waiting the crew.
01:18
The tree is actively blocking the complete roadway. It's too big to move by hand.
01:26
I received.
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Location mentioned:
Valley Rd, New Jersey
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