5 Ways Cities are Clamping Down on Manhole Cover Theft

Manhole covers and sewer grates are being stolen from city streets. This is not only costly for municipalities, but dangerous for passersby.

5 Ways Cities are Clamping Down on Manhole Cover Theft
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Thieves have become increasingly brazen and gone to creative extremes when it comes to heisting manhole covers and sewer grates from city streets.

In April 2012, a man in his 40s wearing a reflective safety vest took two manhole covers from the New York City borough of...

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