VANCOUVER - The latest hot item for scrap metal thieves: cast-iron catch basin grates that allow the rain water to run off city streets. The replacement cost of each grate is $176, plus the labour of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Hamden police are asking the public’s help in solving a rash of storm drain grate thefts. Multiple ...

Several storm drain grates have been stolen in Hamden in the past few weeks and police said it is dangerous for anyone who is walking or driving by the basins they were removed from. Police are ...

It started on St. Paul’s West Side and has mysteriously spread to other parts of the city. A vandal — or a group of people — has been lifting heavy, iron storm sewer grates and tossing them into catch ...

"Catch basins are essential parts of the city’s drainage infrastructure, allowing rain to drain from streets and be conveyed to the city’s sewer system," according to Jimmy Zammar, Director of Urban ...

Last month we took a look at reflective warning stripes installed by the City of Tigard to warn people on bikes to the presence of hazardous drains in the bike lane. Those stripes were installed, in ...

Beware of open storm sewer drains on St. Paul streets. St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw says vandals have removed more than 150 protective grates since early June. "We know that they're not ...