Comments about ‘Cable falls on I-80, closing lanes’

"We're not quite sure whether it was our contractor or Comcast at this point. We're still investigating that," Utah Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Thompson said.

Umm...Mr. Thompson, you had a crew working on a sound barrier along the high way with a large boom truck that collided with the cable. I think it is pretty obvious what happened.

Not everyone working on the freeway works for UDOT. Many utility companies have people working out there. The story says someone was working on the sound wall but they don't say if they were doing so at the direction of UDOT. It could just as easily have been comcast or another utility contractor that was working to bury something under the sound wall that knocked the line down (they don't even say if it was knocked off existing poles, in which case it could have knocked power lines down, or if it had been temporarily suspended until it could be drilled under the freeway). Frankly the story needs a little more research as it's apparent the reporter just wrote something and didn't bother to investigate any of it, either that or the editor killed all the real details.

I guess I can be grateful that I got through that area at all today. Eastbound wasn't even moving when I passed through at one.

They couldn't figure out who these workers worked for because they couldn't speak english? Surely they know who hired them and is paying them.

Also, contractor fraud is easy in Utah, no one needs a license to open such companies. Like illegals, they can't be found.

Did anyone check the sides of the trucks? They usually have a name. lol