UPDATE: Verizon Restores Service to Some Merrifield Customers
A third of the more than 1,000 landline and Internet customers had service restored Monday.
A third of the affected Verizon landline and Internet customers had their services restored Monday days after a construction company severed three underground communication cables. Henry Mitchell, a Verizon spokesman, said crews are continuing to work around the clock to restore service to the more than 1,000 affected customers. Crews are working in the intersection of Gallows Road and Lee Highway. Fairfax County officials are urging people to avoid the intersection if they can while crews continue to work. “This restoral effort has been complicated by severe damage not only to the large copper cables, but also the underground ducts that carry the cables,” Mitchell said in a written statement. “Verizon has had to dig up the damaged area, …
Rk
5:30 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Credit where credits due... Drove by the area early last week where the reported phone cables were damaged, sure enough Verizon crew was working on repairs and i'm told had been since the problem was reported that Friday. From what I saw where they were working on Gallows Rd., very close to Lee Hgwy intersection (near an existing Verizon facility as well), it was difficult and tight conditions in… more ›