04-19-2016, 07:42 PM
(04-19-2016, 05:09 PM)Canard Wrote: Ok, I guess I'm just really picky.I personally think wooden poles are the absolutely most hideous thing on the face of the planet, especially when you get a long row of them, they just make this wall of crooked disgusting misalignment that looks 100 years out of date.
Waterloo North Hydro LOVES wooden utility poles including for streetlights with overhead wiring (not underground) along arterials. Kitchener Wilmot Hydro has traditionally favoured concrete utility poles including using underground wiring to concrete poles for streetlights, but even they recently (last 2-3 years) have switched to wooden utility poles as their standard. Waterloo North Hydro only seems to use concrete poles for streetlights in new subdivisions. I would not be surprised if the pole line reconstruction along King Street between Union and William is with ugly wooden poles. The old poles here were concrete, but were likely 40+ years old and from a time when Waterloo North Hydro was more willing to use nice things.
I really hope all the new utility and lighting work being done for the LRT will make Waterloo North Hydro explore using concrete poles, especially in the more urban portions of the route such as along King between John and William. But I wouldn't hold your breath.You can likely expect their controversial ( http://www.wnhydro.com/en/your-home/reso...earned.pdf ) wooden obtrusive pole line conversion being done in the Uptown West and Westmount neighbourhoods to spill over to King Street ...