Cycling in Waterloo Region

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Incompetent or overly cheap - I can never really tell. I would bet that aside that the pole is new, they just didn't want to spend the money on any subsurface changes or placing that post in a new spot. New pole, same intersection subsurface layout.

It was likely the wiring underground or possibly other buried infrastructure. It's inconvenient, but I'd hope cyclists have the sense to not drive into the pole to begin with.