It’s been a tough week for internet users in Maricopa.

For the second time in less than a week, internet service has been interrupted by construction.

According to the City of Maricopa Facebook page May 7, “a contractor in Casa Grande hit a communication line impacting Orbitel and Centurly Link service in the City of Maricopa.”

The post said the companies are working to fix the problem.

Internet access was a problem last week, too.

May 3, construction near the overpass at State Route 347 and the Union Pacific Rail Road crossing cut a communication line for both Century Link and Orbitel.

Crews working to restore service last week restricted lanes on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, but no road closures were reported.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.