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Residents press Mobile City officials over Alabama Power transmission poles in neighborhoods
Summary
At a Dec. 9 Mobile City Council meeting, residents pressed city leaders and an Alabama Power representative over large transmission poles placed near front yards; planning staff said utilities are not currently regulated through zoning but the council can pursue ordinance changes or franchise terms.
Residents and council members pressed city officials on Dec. 9 after neighbors raised alarms about Alabama Power placing large transmission poles near front yards, saying many residents did not know land had been purchased and worried about visual, property and health impacts.
At the meeting a resident described learning that Alabama Power had acquired land and was installing "big, massive utility poles" and said neighbors felt excluded from the decision-making. "Nobody wanna see that in their yard," the resident told the council, urging more advance community meetings and clearer…
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