Residents left in the dark about holes dug in Shreveport neighborhoods
By Web Staff
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SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Wednesday night, KTBS News reported on mysterious holes appearing in Shreveport neighborhoods — dug without warning and without notice to the residents who live there. Today, KTBS followed up after hearing from homeowners directly impacted.
Retired engineer and Caddo Parish Commissioner Roy Burrell says he first noticed the holes while walking his own neighborhood. At first, he thought it might be telecommunications or another type of utility work — especially after spotting rolls of cable nearby. Contractors later confirmed they were burying broadband lines.
“It was a pretty neat hole,” Burrell explained. “They weren’t trenching across lawns, but they did leave dirt piles behind. They replaced the sod, but right now, it’s dead patches of grass.”
For residents who pride themselves on maintaining their lawns, the bigger frustration is not the mess, but the lack of communication, especially for those living off Lakeway Drive in Shreveport.
“No one in our neighborhood received any notice this was happening. Even the garbage company tells you when they’re changing pickup days,” Burrell said .
Brown patches remain in yards where digging occurred, leaving homeowners with the task of cleanup. The work is part of broadband expansion projects, but Burrell says public officials — and the people they serve — deserve to be notified in advance. Barrow adds the eyesore is the price of progress. He just wants better communications from cable installers.
However, the issues echo other recent concerns, including nearby gas exploration projects where neighbors say they also weren’t informed until after construction began.
KTBS is committed to getting answers. We’ve reached out to AT&T and contractors performing the work to ask why notices weren’t given and what steps will be taken to repair lawns permanently.
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