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Trees and wires down blocking roads in ScituateScituate RI

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Battey Meetinghouse Rd, Scituate, RI 02857

According to the dispatch call, multiple trees and wires are down blocking roads near Harmony Road, George Washington Highway, and Battey Meeting House Road in Scituate. Officers are checking the hazards and have requested department of transportation and public works to clear the obstructions. A tree is blocking both eastbound lanes on a bypass near Central Pike. School dismissal times have been adjusted due to the road conditions.

Audio|Heard on: Providence RI Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:58
Transcript:
00:00
I have Harmony Road, if you want to check that.
00:03
I got to report multi-trees down.
00:06
See if I can get somebody here to clean it up or if it's got wires.
00:12
Okay, cool.
00:15
11 control.
00:18
511. 11.
00:21
On George Washington Highway, there is a tree on the wires again across the road.
00:27
The poles and wires are still intact, though.
00:29
Nothing came down.
00:31
Okay, the bus was going to be able to get to the high to the elementary school.
00:36
That's forever.
00:38
The tree is just after the elementary school lot.
00:42
Okay, once I get my phones back, I'll not call and I'll manage you with the list again.
00:48
Can you take,
00:52
let's see, near Battey Meeting House Road?
00:56
It's going to be right near the turn of Central Pike for a tree down on the wires.
01:06
606 control advising, middle school high school is going to dismiss at 115, elementary at 215, I was just advised relaying information.
01:15
Still on my post.
01:21
Temple, do you have Ms. (name withheld) cell number you can call her? I try to call on the bus yard, nobody answered, just to let her know what we got going on.
01:33
6, copy.
01:37
6.02.
01:40
Go ahead, Chief.
01:43
I'm on a bypass just east of 102,
01:46
the tree blocking the whole eastbound lane, two lanes.
01:50
If you can come get DOT or DPW just to push it out, it's an old dead tree.
01:54
I'm going to stay here until someone opens it and moves it away.

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Location mentioned:
Battey Meetinghouse Rd, Scituate, RI 02857

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Incident Timeline

  1. Location clarification and traffic impact
  2. Follow-up report confirms tree on wires
  3. Initial dispatch to check tree down with wires

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