After identifying about 400,000 poles—of the 1.6 million owned by Hydro One—that will reach the end of their service life within the next five years, the plan indicates only about 72,000 will be replaced within the time frame relevant to the application, so between 2018 and 2022, for a total cost of $579 million.
According to Hubert, a large part of the infrastructure was installed in the 1950s and 1960s and now “requires attention,” since the average life of a power pole is 62 years.
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