Posted on 12/29/2023 3:39:37 PM PST by 11th_VA
The 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles, a $588 million project known as the "Ribbon of Light," lost its luster for the holidays as about a third of the bridge's lights are inoperable, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The bridge and its ten illuminated arches became an instant hit on Instagram and TikTok when it opened in July 2022, and a popular place for families, runners, wedding photo shoots — and copper thieves.
In December, copper thieves targeted the bridge, which caused a large portion to go dark. Photos show open boxes with wires on the ground.
The FBI has been warning the public that copper thieves are "threatening US critical infrastructure" since 2008.
A city councilman told the Los Angeles Times that about $500,000 of discretionary funds have already been used to fix lighting hit by copper thefts.
"We understand the impact of these thefts on the community, and we are committed to taking every necessary step to safeguard our infrastructure and maintain the safety and reliability of our city's lighting systems," read a statement issued by the city's public works department, per local outlet ABC7.
The bridge is more than a half mile long and connects the city's Arts District to Whittier Boulevard and the historic Eastside.
Los Angeles has been hit with a spate of copper thefts over the years that have affected infrastructure, including delaying Metro rail cars. The city has about 1,200 open cases of suspected wire thefts, and the damaged infrastructure has not yet been repaired, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Authorities are still assessing the damage...
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Welcome to Africa.
...........knowing Soro’s DA’s are all he has to deal with if he get’s caught.............the copper thief just makes the calculated decision to go ahead and take the small risk......
Double the voltage and disable ground fault protection.
that must be common there? On a sub on Reddit called something like shocking videos, there are lots of videos of guys getting electrocuted or extremely burnt up from trying to steal power cables.
Welcome to the third world. this is why we can never again have nice things.
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Maine’s Secretary of Soros Shenna Bellows welcomes the coming of third world darkness.
> about a third of the bridge’s lights are inoperable <
California politicians: Let’s look on the bright side. Two thirds of the lights are still working.
America is becoming a giant dump. It is a unfunny idiocracy.
6th Street bridge is Whittier Blvd with a different name. There have been several who’ve hung themselves from that bridge. One case the person hanging was hit by a semi. Ugly stuff.
The Left Are The Great Destroyers Of Civilization - Victor Davis Hanson
12/27/23 (YouTube video essay).
Massive irony -- at 35 seconds, Dr. Hanson points out it now cost $125 to buy a roll of copper Romex wire that was $30 pre-Biden. At least Home Depot can lock up their wire to reduce theft.
We are rapidly turning into a third-world sh!t-hole thanks to the left and Democrats.
I was just watching the PBS Newshour where David Brooks was claiming things are pretty good in America - everything is improving except for the threat from Trump.
He actually said: “We are not a country in decline.”
America, and frankly every country in the West is showing symptoms of serious decay, and media elites like Brooks who flatter incompetent Regime elites are going to be oblivious until we get to the Great Day of the Rope.
And the famous bridge..Goes right over a cement river and train tracks where lunatics roam and the trains get looted..
Bewhahahahah...The "Historic eastside is East LA...
Don’t forget the EV Chargers...
]They steal the copper wire to the street lights every few months on the airport access road, they just did again last week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYbogp1Ha0
Barrack is very proud. Be sure to thank a POS Democrat who supports this sh$t!
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