Summit Line Construction

Security/Construction lights were shining on the neighborhood blinding drivers.
Intentional? Probably not.
Negligent? Most likely.
This company operates equipment in public spaces as their business. After an email the safety issue was corrected. The lingering issue is that it took an email, a visit to the office and a talk with a night gaurd who himself agreed it was dangerous.
The neighbors were gossiping about what "they" were doing. "A psy-op" or other whacky conspiracies.
The valid argument is that no normal entity would do that to their new neighbors.
Besides being illegal to blind traffic with misdirected security lights.
"Then the first sheriff driving by would ask them to adjust the lights and make the road safe?"
Retired vets have a lot to talk about.
The neighbors were a buzz. No, too "busy". No proactive action. Only if someone complains.
The point is that a dangerous situation happened in front of all who had the power to correct it and didn't. Someone had to prod the system. A disabled 75 year old vet most likely isn't complaining to the company. Isn't calling the cops. Isn't writing a demand letter. Isn't writing a public review. However, they will talk and talk and talk and blindly take their Suburban into oncoming traffic with sunglasses on at night on the way to the pharmacy.
3 stars because it was resolved without injury.
Management of a compound is 24/7 not 9-5. Any manager doing their job is periodically investigating off hour activities. Including what extracurricular activities the night gaurd is up to.... Put in a camera...
Public relations executives could give themselves some prospective by visiting the community they impact. And empathize with who they are impacting. (Having a reputation for negligent actions may financially impact the company in the future.)
How much carbon has been unnecessarily released into the atmosphere from those generators?
Plus the noise?
It's a mixed residential neighborhood. Don't you guys know how to put in a meter and wire some lights?

Summit Line is installing electrical poles near my home in the mountains above Napa Valley. The road is one way and one way out, and their trucks completely blocked the narrow road, and did it consistently for longer than 30 minutes at a time. No prior notice to the community. I had a scheduled medical procedure at a local hospital, I informed the crew of this in advance, and despite this they kept me waiting in my car for 30 minutes, refusing to move their trucks. They admitted that they were not supposed to block the road for that long and they admitted that they should move the trucks for a medical emergency. But they then simply didn’t do it, and just ignored me. I missed the procedure.

I appreciate the difficulty of replacing power poles, and respect the workers who do it. But you simply can’t block the only road out of an area for an extended time, particularly when informed that someone needs to get out to make a medical procedure.

I’m sure they’re great at installing power poles. But they’re not wanted in my community.