A Mr. Manhole cutter extractor, attached to a Caterpillar 279C compact track loader equipped with a Cat A26B high-flow auger drive unit, cuts through pavement in Hardinsburg, KY. It is well known that ...

Some people strapped for cash have found a quick fix: stealing manhole covers. Thieves sell the heavy lids to scrap metal dealers for prices that continue to rise. Manhole cover theft has been a huge ...

TODAY'S FOCUS: Watch 'Em reported this week that water was bubbling from a manhole cover at Houston and Memorial. Tuesday, we reported that a Public Works and Engineering Department spokesman said the ...

GREEN BAY - Manholes are about to get a whole lot smarter. The city's public works department is retrofitting several manhole covers with high-tech monitors that will collect real-time data about ...

PORT ST LUCIE, Fla., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fires and explosions to underground electrical infrastructure can occur anytime throughout the year, but there is a dramatic increase in these events ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- For years, people in Colombia's capital stood by as thieves hauled off manhole covers to sell as scrap. Drivers simply tried to swerve around the gaping holes where the 110-pound, ...

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - We've all dodged potholes in the streets, but West County drivers say they're dodging covered manholes. They say construction to improve a busy stretch of Manchester Road is proving ...

problem isn’t funny, McGuff. "So like I was saying ... aaagh!" OK, so it’s a little funny, in a Looney Tunes sort of way. You have to admit, as problems go, this is a strange one. Hundreds of holes ...

Hundreds of New York City manholes have started smoking or have caught fire since Saturday — marking the busiest stretch of manhole problems for Con Edison in over a year, the agency said. The agency ...

Not an image an electric utility wants to be linked with. Especially a utility involved in a rate case. Since 2010, Indianapolis Power & Light Co.’s extensive Downtown network, which has miles of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The top of a downtown storm drain is secure now, but that was not always the case. A viewer sent us a picture this week of a car tire stuck in the hole after the top came up. It ...