Electric Department responds to outage in Rockville Centre

Residences and traffic signals on the south side of Rockville Centre in the vicinity of Lincoln Avenue experienced a power outage on Wednesday night. According to Mayor Francis Murray, the outage was caused when an underground circuit popped open. 

Members of the Rockville Centre Police Department responded immediately and closed off portions of the roadway, to help direct traffic until crews with the electric department were able to respond. 

A similar outage occurred on Tuesday afternoon, in the vicinity of Park Lane and Marlborough Court, east of Long Beach Road. Crews responded quickly and thanks to their diligent work, were able to restore power within a few hours. 

"There was an outage today and we are fixing it right away. There was also an outage yesterday, and we fixed that right away," Murray said. "That's what's great about living in Rockville Centre — we fix things right away." 

Crews with the electric department responded around 7 p.m. and were able to restore power to the community.