Question: Why did Cherryland put in new power poles but didn’t remove the old ones?

Answer: To provide members with reliable service, Cherryland is constantly upgrading outdated infrastructure. Sometimes that means electrical lines need to be transferred from old poles to new ones.

Electrical lines are not the only thing you can find on those poles. Cable and telephone companies often use the same poles to run their lines to their customers.

When new poles are set and the lines are moved, Cherryland lets these companies know that they can move their cable lines to these poles if they like. Once all lines have been removed from the old poles, Cherryland can pull them.

Sounds easy, right? Well, it can take weeks, months, even years for cable and telephone companies to respond. And they may not choose to move their lines at all, leaving one set of poles for electrical lines and another set for cable and telephone lines.