Electric foreman: subdivisions energized; downtown pole replacements planned
Summary
Electric foreman Scott Bancaster reported new subdivisions are energized on the Robertsdale side and Forest Park is complete; the department will next replace aging overhead poles downtown and in Saint Paul's, and a large Southtown expenditure will appear next month (funds already allocated).
Scott Bancaster, electric foreman, gave a status update on utility work in town. He said the subdivision on Thompson Road across from the middle school is partially split with EMC; the city’s side is energized for 29 lots and EMC’s side has 37 lots. Street lights and transformers are installed in the new subdivisions and Forest Park is complete with roughly a dozen houses started.
“The street lights are in. The transformers are humming, and now we’re just ready for the houses to start,” Bancaster said. He added crews will prioritize replacing old overhead poles in downtown and Saint Paul’s areas later in the year, but that undergrounding conversations will be a budget discussion in the fall. Bancaster warned a large invoice for Southtown construction will appear next month but said those funds are already allocated and will not come out of general coffers.
Council members asked clarifying questions about service boundaries and ties to neighboring utilities; Bancaster described permanent tie-ins at Thompson Road and down at the Walmart area as long-term utility interconnections.
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