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Gargantuan utility poles newly installed on W. Madison, between and Main and Seventh, dwarfing trees, houses, and other utility poles. [photo]

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6 Comments

  1. By Joe Hood
    January 3, 2011 at 9:28 pm | permalink

    The new tall poles with the freshly trimmed trees makes for an unsettling scene.

    Who foots the bill for the poles? DTE? Do Comcast and AT&T pay rent to AT&T? Or do the polls belong to the city?

  2. By Rod Johnson
    January 3, 2011 at 11:58 pm | permalink

    The pole that gets me is on State near Granger. It’s a monstrous tapering rectangular thing.

  3. By sarah
    January 4, 2011 at 6:19 pm | permalink

    @rod: me, too. I have never seen its ilk anywhere else. I just cannot figure that thing out.

  4. By Sandra
    January 4, 2011 at 9:06 pm | permalink

    I wonder when they will remove the half height old poles? Why were they left in place, tops lopped off?

  5. By fridgeman
    January 5, 2011 at 3:38 pm | permalink

    Rod, Sarah: that pole on State is a composite laminated pole. It is stronger and more durable than a traditional pole. If you check out the website of the manufacturers, they also cite other interesting benefits like “woodpecker resistant”.

  6. By Pete Held
    January 5, 2011 at 7:05 pm | permalink

    Dan, how do the squirrels like these new poles?