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PLN Banten to relocate 'disruptive' Tangerang power poles
PLN Banten, the Banten brach of state-owned electricity company PLN, will relocate 65 electricity poles following complaints that they disrupted traffic.
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An electricity pole stands in the middle of a road in Tangerang, Banten, disrupting traffic. The local PLN manager said the poles were installed before the road was built. (Warta Kota/Andika Panduwinata)
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LN Banten, the Banten branch of state-owned electricity company PLN, will relocate 65 electricity poles following complaints that they disrupted traffic.
Residents in Cikupa, Tangerang regency, complained about the power poles that stood in the middle of a road and later filed a formal report with the local administration.
PLN Cikupa area manager Aep Saepudin acknowledged the problem and said he had ordered that the poles be relocated.
"We are currently relocating them," he told Warta Kota on Monday, adding that he would communicate with relevant stakeholders including the local Bina Marga road agency.
Aep explained that PLN had actually installed the poles before the roads were built.
"It is impossible for us to install electricity poles in the middle of roads," he said.
He added that relocating the poles would not disrupt the power supply in the area. (fac/wit)
