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Patch Watch: Graffiti on Highway 17 Overpass
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Graffiti artists are back at work on Highway 17, targetting this time the overpass between the Lark Avenue and Highway 9 exits in Los Gatos.
You see the ugly gibberish as you're driving southbound on Highway 17. There's graffiti on the overpass' west supporting column, the dividing wall in the median, the east side wall and on its outside span.
LOCATION: Highway 17 overpass, between the Lark Avenue and Highway 9 exits.
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PROBLEM: Graffiti has been spray-painted in several parts of the overpass.
RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES: California Department of Transportation [Caltrans] and Los Gatos Parks and Public Works Department, which is responsible for maintaining the town's public parks, facilities, and infrastructure.
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CONTACT: Caltrans, 916-654-5266; Los Gatos Parks and Public Works Department, 408-399-5770, or email ppw@losgatosca.gov. You may also report graffiti to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department's graffiti hotline number, 408-354-6863.
DATE REPORTED: Jan. 13, 2013
DAYS ON WATCH: 2
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