An 81-year-old Baytown resident says her utility company did not respond to years of complaints about leaning utility poles until a local TV station contacted the company.
Joyce Pennington said she and her neighbors had been worried about the leaning poles outside homes on Goss Road well before the utility finally dispatched a crew, especially one carrying a transformer.
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According to ABC13, Pennington has lived on Goss Road for 50 years and said residents there had repeatedly contacted the utility about poles near their homes that they believed were leaning.
Crews showed up at Goss Road after the news station contacted the company to examine the poles and decide whether more work was needed…