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Power pole
replacement
draws protest
By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Potomac Edison’s program to replace utility poles on its 34,500 volt transmission line between its Sperryville sub-station and Front Royal is allowed under the county’s zoning regulations, according to County Administrator John McCarthy.
But it has Flint Hill resident Bruce Vierling hopping mad.
Mr. Vierling thinks that the utility’s plan to replace existing utility poles with new ones which are 10-15 feet taller is enough of a blight on the landscape.
But adding a shiny stainless steel grounding wire along the top of the poles is even worse, he says. The added height means that the poles will be visible from farther away, and the shiny wire glinting in the suh will draw attention to them even more, he maintains.
Mr. Vierling said he asked one of the utility’s workmen about why a dull finish isn’t put on the wire totnake it less conspicuous, and the man replied that the shiny wires would dull with time.
According to Pete Jackson, Potomac Edison’s area maintenance supervisor, the pole replacement is just “routine maintenance” on a line which was installed in
See POLES, p. 18
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