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Copper-wire thieves are knocking out streetlights across Portland, leaving highways – and police – in the dark
Copper-wire thieves are knocking out streetlights across Portland, leaving highways – and police – in the dark
Copper-wire thieves are knocking out streetlights across Portland, leaving highways – and police – in the dark

Published on: 07/03/2025

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Transporation officials are replacing the wiring in theft-prone light fixtures with aluminum - a strategy that other cities in the U.S. are adopting as they struggle with their own theft problems.

There’s a stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland, near where it connects to Interstate 205, that for weeks last year was unnervingly dark at night.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/07/copper-wire-thieves-are-knocking-out-streetlights-across-portland-leaving-highways-and-police-in-the-dark.html

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