Five sporting clubs are the latest victims of the rising crime of copper theft, with the removal of 400 metres of copper wiring destroying a popular recreation reserve's power supply.
Thieves have made off with more than 400 metres of copper wiring from the Bacchus Marsh Recreation Reserve.What's next?
But the president of the Bacchus Marsh Soccer Club's anger is about more than just a few sausages, as five different clubs are now affected by the outage at the site.Supplied: FacebookThe thieves took in excess of 400 metres of copper wiring from the club — a score that could be worth thousands of dollars."I have been advised that our former facility on Masons Lane was done several years ago," Mr Williams said.
About 2,300 Woodend homes are offline after vandals looking for copper caused a widespread NBN outage. "This particular copper wire is about 30 millimetres in diameter, so there'd be quite a number of kilograms in the length … it would be a considerable amount of money.""Restoring power will require significant work, including cable hauling and relaying to reconnect these sites. This is also an incredibly complex and costly job for council and a major inconvenience for the affected clubs," a post reads.
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