Dive Summary:

• A plan to improve the overall power system in Troy, Alabama are expected to cost more than $4 million once completed; the project will replace utility poles and install larger lines.
• The base costs of the plan include $1.9 million for a new substation, $600,000 for the construction of a new transmission line, and $1.8 million to upgrade distribution lines.
• The construction of the project has already begun and there will be a period of time when both the new and old utility poles will still be standing; no date has been set for the completion of the project.

From the article:

New utility poles lining some Troy streets are part of an overall plan to improve the power system in the city.

“We are working with a contractor to change out some of the poles and we are putting up larger lines,” said James Flowers, Troy’s general manager of utilities. ...