Seattle City Light Finishes Pole Replacement in Ridgecrest

Today, Seattle City Light crews were working the poles in Northcrest Park, located in the Ridgecrest Neighborhood.   

The poles supply electrical service to the residential homes on the east side of 8th Ave NE between NE 165thand NE 170th , and are the last of the original pole installation dating from 1946.  

A few months ago, new poles were planted side-by-side to the original poles.  On Tuesday, the electrical service line was transferred from the old poles to the taller new ones by Seattle City Light workers, Ryan and Landon, with the support of additional crew on the ground.  

Following the line transfer, the upper portion of the old pole is cut off.  The next step will be for the remaining utilities (phone, cable, etc) to transfer their lines to the new pole.  Procedure has it that the last utility to switch their lines over is the one responsible to remove the old pole.