8,000 customers in P.E.I. still without power, crews refocusing to individual outages

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — One other 1,000 households had been reconnected to energy Oct. 5 as restoration efforts proceed throughout P.E.I. following put up tropical storm Fiona. 

Whereas crews had been in a position to reconnect quite a lot of smaller outage pockets, round 8,000 households had been nonetheless with out electrical energy as of 5 p.m., marking 12 days at midnight for many. 

Kim Griffin, spokesperson for Maritime Electrical, mentioned they anticipated to nonetheless have round 10,000 clients offline at this level, nonetheless regardless of being forward of schedule, these coping with particular person outages will doubtless nonetheless be ready till Oct. 9 for energy. 

“We’ll be deploying crews into tonight and tomorrow. Now we have 221 crews now and we shall be deploying them to lots of the particular person outages,” she mentioned. 

In Charlottetown, Griffin mentioned most of Hillsborough Park and higher Queen Road had been reconnected, with Brighton anticipated to be reconnected by midnight. Spring Park was nonetheless scheduled to be reconnected on Oct. 6. 

Griffin mentioned crews are nonetheless dealing with quite a lot of points whereas reconnecting households – At present, there are 1,523 clients with broken masts throughout P.E.I. which would require work from each Maritime Electrical crews and an electrician. 

She additionally mentioned there are areas of concern in Charlottetown the place giant timber have fallen or weakened that can require extra security work, together with alongside North River Highway, Ambrose Road and a few areas of Brighton. 

“I do know there are nonetheless numerous traces down, they don’t seem to be energy traces from what we perceive, they’re largely telecommunication traces,” mentioned Griffin. 

“They’re engaged on getting these cleaned up since you don’t need anybody making an attempt to determine which line is an influence line or communication line.” 

Pending climate can be inflicting some concern, as increased winds anticipated on Oct. 6 may take down weakened timber, she mentioned. 

Griffin cautioned Islanders from getting too near worksites and famous that congestion within the downtown Charlottetown space has precipitated some delays and security issues. 

“When you can keep away from elements of North River Highway and a few of the older streets with a lot of timber on them. You will note a lot of crews round there,” she mentioned. 

“Simply be very cautious, don’t stroll alongside these sidewalks, and each time you possibly can keep away from these major arteries could be an enormous assist to our crews and their restoration efforts.”