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City Light To Replace Aging Utility Poles in Parts of Seattle

Seattle City Light is planning to replace aging utility poles in parts of Seattle to help improve and upgrade the electrical reliability in parts of the service territory. The installation of new poles, wire and equipment relocation is an important investment in infrastructure.

Starting Tuesday, February 23, Seattle City Light’s contractor, Magnum Power LLC, will be installing new utility poles, relocating wires to the new pole and replacing aging equipment in the Bitter Lake and Greenwood neighborhoods. Work hours are scheduled from Mondays to Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please see the maps below for approximate construction work areas.

The new poles will be placed alongside pre-existing poles. They will meet standard heights and widths required for overhead power line construction. This may mean that poles in the area will be slightly taller and approximately two inches wider than existing poles.

Maintenance power outages are required for this work. Crews will place a door hanger or make personal contact within 48 to 72 hours of the outage date. The notification will specify the date, time and duration of the outage.

Once the electrical equipment is relocated, it will be a few months before the other companies with utilities on the poles transfer their equipment and wiring. City Light will monitor the situation to ensure that old utility poles are removed in a timely matter.

For more information, customers can contact William Chin, Senior Capital Projects Coordinator at (206) 684-7977 or william.chin@seattle.gov.

Visit our construction website for the latest updates on this project: http://www.seattle.gov/light/atwork/release.asp?RN=356