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Resident pushes city to relocate utility pole at Centennial and Little; staff outlines multiyear right-of-way plan
Summary
A Sylvania resident urged immediate relocation of a Frontier utility pole he says creates a traffic hazard at Centennial and Little roads. City staff said moving the pole will require right-of-way acquisition and a multi-year capital project, and council asked staff to notify Frontier and provide a written plan and schedule.
Paul Hamill, a Sylvania resident, asked the Sylvania City Council on June 2 to move a utility pole at the Centennial and Little Road intersection, saying the pole is repeatedly struck and presents a traffic safety risk.
The council’s Director of Public Service, Joe Shaw, told council members that the pole sits where the city lacks sufficient dedicated right-of-way, and that moving it would require acquiring additional right-of-way from private property owners. Shaw said the city inherited incomplete right-of-way dedication efforts dating to county attempts in the 1970s and 1980s and that any permanent fix will need…
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