by Malcolm Butler
City of Ruston Public Works Manager Andrew Halbrook confirmed Tuesday evening that internet services that were disrupted earlier in the day had been restored.
City fiber that is utilized by roughly 300 customers was cut by a bush hog Tuesday morning around 9 a.m., leaving part of downtown Ruston and areas to the southeast without service.
Halbrook said he did not know exactly why the fiber was on the ground, but that this particular line served approximately 120 customers and the incident left those customers without internet for about 10 hours.
He said all services were restored by 7:30 p.m. last night.
“It’s took some time to get our crew to the line where it was cut,” said Halbrook. “We had to push some vegetation and dirt out of the way in order to get a truck to the site.”
The location of the fiber issue was between Bernard Street and Santiam Road, according to Halbrook.
Halbrook said the line was also re-attached to its pole by crews.
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