LAKEPORT, Calif. – A portion of N. High Street was closed late Tuesday due to a vehicle crash, according to the Lakeport Police Department.
Police said the solo-vehicle wreck broke a utility pole out of its base in the sidewalk on the west side of N. High Street just south of 20th Street.
As a result, police said Tuesday night that N. High Street between 20th and 17th streets was closed to through traffic and Via Del Lago Street at N. High Street was closed to vehicles entering or exiting the Del Lago community.
Del Lago residents can access their community via N. Main. Police said a detour around the N. High Street closure has been set up using 17th and 20th streets to Hartley Street.
On Tuesday night, police said the utility pole, belonging to AT&T, was only supported by the phone lines attached to it and the adjacent poles.
Lakeport Police and Lakeport Public Works are concerned that the pole and lines over the roadway are not stable, according to the late Tuesday report.
Police also advised pedestrians and bicyclists to use the detour route and not walk or ride under the unstable pole and lines.
The Lakeport Police Department said it has been in contact with AT&T and was advised that the company is working on having a crew on site by about 3 a.m.
However, police said late Tuesday that they did not have an estimated time on when the pole will be replaced or when the closures will be lifted.
If the closures are still in place during business hours on Wednesday, traffic needing to access those businesses in the closure zone will be allowed into the area, police said.
Lakeport vehicle crash closes portion of N. High Street
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