ABQ Tries to Break Its Heavy Metal Habit with New Copper Theft Law - City Desk ABQ
The proposal would require check-only payments, a 15-day hold and next-day reporting as officials target rising wire theft and vandalism.
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ABQ tries to break its heavy metal habit with new copper theft law - The Paper.
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — Drivers and pedestrians are navigating dark stretches of East Central Avenue after copper thieves have ripped wiring from streetlights, prompting a pair of city councilors to tighten Albuquerque’s scrap metal recycling laws in an effort to curb the vandalism. Rather than creating a new law, Councilors […]
ABQ tries to break its heavy metal habit with new copper theft law - City Desk ABQ
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — Drivers and pedestrians are navigating dark stretches of East Central Avenue after copper thieves have ripped wiring from streetlights, prompting a pair of city councilors to tighten Albuquerque’s scrap metal recycling laws in an effort to curb the vandalism. Rather than creating a new law, Councilors Renée Grout and Tammy Fiebelkorn proposed O-26-32 to expand the city’s 2023 catalytic converter ordinanc…
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