This is a huge problem all over the neighborhood -- on North King Charles, Rumson, Marlborough, Crabtree etc. I hate to speculate, but I'm starting to wonder if Duke Energy is letting these trees overgrow so they can collect on insurance or write off the losses when they inevitably destroy the lines.

Is there a way that this can be escalated beyond Duke Energy for someone in the city to look at this gross neglect and figure out what is going on here?

Here's the one I reported: seeclickfix.com/issues/661150

Last time the city just closed it after "advising" Duke Energy and they did nothing.