Posted on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 5 p.m.
Downed wires slow traffic on Jackson Road in Scio Township
By John Counts
Downed power lines were affecting traffic in the 4700 block of Jackson Avenue around 4:45 p.m. Friday.
The Scio Township Fire Department confirmed they had dispatched trucks out to deal with the issue.
Lane closures were expected temporarily while officials worked on the problem.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Macabre Sunset
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 : 6:41 a.m.
Our power was out for 18 hours. Turns out they didn't operate many of their crews overnight. Made the difference between losing a lot of food. I am not a DTE fan right now.
Townie
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 1:53 p.m.
More weak infrastructure issues for DTE but don't expect any of our 'media' to investigate (they just xerox press releases here) or write about this situation. DTE is making money but not spending on infrastructure. Why should they? They have a monopoly.
Jeff Renner
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 12:10 p.m.
Around 11:30 PM Friday, we again lost power, but this time for an hour. I am guessing that Edison turned off power to replace equipment in the substation. Just got a robo-call from DTE apologizing for my "inconvenience." A little early on a Saturday morning for phone calls. And it is inconvenient. Have to set all the clocks in the house for a second time. Edison does seem to have a lot of outages. We've had to install an automatic 10 KW natural gas powered generator to make sure the sump pump and other essentials like the well, furnace and beer fridge work.
Muria
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 4:02 a.m.
Police were still blocking the road across the street from Two Wheel Tango as of 11pm Friday night. I went to pick up my son from work, and had to go around the block. Like shine16, glad to see it wasn't an accident.
shine16
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 1:38 a.m.
I came upon the police roadblock and had to turn around. I was afraid it was because of a bad car accident. Glad to see this article. :)
justcurious
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 9:16 p.m.
That would be Ann Arbor Township.
Jeff Renner
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 9:35 p.m.
Google maps claim that anything with an Ann Arbor mailing address is Ann Arbor Charter Township. Someone ought to tell them.
John Counts
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 9:30 p.m.
The Google Map is incorrect. It is indeed Scio.
Jeff Renner
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 9:09 p.m.
We're about a half mile north of this and our power flickered and went out for about a minute at 4:25 PM. Strangely, after the power went out, we heard a big boom. There is a substation at that location between Jackson Rd. and I-94.