Hamilton,
Bermuda
BELCO Managing Director, Shelly Leman said: “Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, September 3, a car was involved in a road traffic accident in the area of Lover’s Lane Paget which resulted in a BELCO pole being snapped in half blocking the road and causing an outage to area residents.
BELCO crews attended the scene, rerouted power to restore some customers and have been working to replace the broken pole and restore power to the remaining customers. Other utilities are also repairing their infrastructure that was damaged in the accident. The road has remained closed throughout vehicle removal and repair works due to the significant safety risk posed by the damage pole.
While work is ongoing, Harbour Road will remain closed in the area of Lover’s Lane Paget through the 5:00pm rush hour.
Traffic travelling east is being diverted from Harbour Road to Chapel Road. Traffic travelling west is being diverted from Harbour Road onto Lover’s Lane. Residents between Highwood Land and Chapel Road, will have to travel through Chapel Road, to get to their destinations.
BELCO asks that those driving, walking or riding near our working crews please exercise extreme caution as the safety of the public, our crew, and all road users is paramount.
If residents have been affected by an outage, please unplug all sensitive equipment and electronics.
We thank you for your patience.”