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I am writing about a concern with the pedestrian crosswalk on Catherine St. near the corner of Zina Pitcher PL. The street lights along the entire South side of Catherine are out.

The pedestrian crosswalk is completely in the dark when I come to work at 6 am. I park in the Catherine Parking structure by Angelo’s restaurant. There is a marked crosswalk close to Zina Pitcher PL but it is really dark. 2 weeks ago, I used the crosswalk and a car came around the corner from Zina Pitcher PL and narrowly missed me. It is so dark at the crosswalk. I am now crossing further down Catherine as the crosswalk is too close to the corner and drivers do not have time to see you. In addition it is very dark the further east you get on Catherine.

I called someone on August 19th in DPS to report ALL the streetlights were out on the south side of Catherine and it is dangerous. It has been almost 2 weeks and the lights are still out. I don’t know who to contact about this and thought I would send an email to all of you as Associate Directors of DPS. Can you help resolve this problem?