Lorne Street hydro poles to be pushed back during widening

The $7 million Lorne Street rehabilitation project has begun, and Sudbury Hydro has said that 20 poles that were recently installed along the street,now need to be moved to accommodate construction.

The cost? $370,000.

Wendy Watson, Sudbury Hydro's Director of Communications, said the request to move the poles came as a bit of a surprise.

"Once we moved those poles five years ago, we didn't think we'd have to touch them again,except for something unusual, for another 40 or 50 years," Watson said, "so it's unfortunate we have to move them. But Lorne Street needs work, so the city wants us to move them and we are doing it.

The bill for moving the hydro poles will be split between the city and Sudbury Hydro.

Construction on Lorne Street, between Martindale Road and Logan Avenue,is slated to begin this summer.

It's estimated to take two years to complete the entire project.