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Almost always when they put up wooden poles downtown it is a TEMPORARY relocation of wiring - usually due to a new development.View attachment 401386
Rusted metal poles being replaced by much taller wooden ones on Dundas - I don’t know what’s worse
Interesting, Front Street east of Scott has (or had) all short metal post Victorian lights plus a few tall Victorians. About 3 or 4 years ago a short was knocked over by a truck at the Young Peoples Theatre and THSL 'planted' a tall concrete pole Acorn. We complained. Last week they came and removed the Acorn and have installed a new base for what looks like a short Victorian. Amazement all around. Then a few days ago they did same thing on Front west of the Market - the original short Victorian had been replaced about 18 months ago. Even more amazement. There is now only one concrete pole Acorn on Front from Scott to Parliament (I think) It's on north side at 80 Front and it was erected about a year ago so we now have hopes that it too will be replaced properly. THSL DO seem to be trying!
Though I am far from an apologist for THSL, the problem in the past has been that BIAs or others bought fancy poles, luminaires or ??? but did not provide funds for UPKEEP. Some BIAs (St Lawrence being an example) have always refused to use their $$ to buy 'fancy stuff' and lobby to get the City to buy & own it - even if paid for with Section 37 funds. In these cases, it is much easier (if not easy!) to get THSL to maintain/replace it as required.
How I wish there was a politician willing to campaign on this and get the citizens behind this so things can be fixed. It's rather embarrassing at this point.
It’s all about managed decline. If the political elite are making twice the amount on the way down than they made on the way up, the system is working perfectly. They will never lift a finger.
