Edison Not Finished In Malibu Canyon After All: 65 Poles Wrong Color
Written by 991KBU on April 11, 2018
Last week you may recall we reported that Southern California Edison had finished it’s big pole replacement project in Malibu Canyon.
Wrong.
KBUU news has learned that Los Angeles County is going to go back and make them paint all 65 new steel poles in Malibu Canyon an earth tone brown color … to make them blend in with the countryside.
82 wooden poles removed in Malibu Canyon … replaced with 65 shiny steel poles.
The project was ordered because one of those wooden poles fell over in 2007 … triggering the Malibu Canyon Fire … which cost 500 million dollars in damage and firefighting costs.
Because three cellphone companies overloaded the poles … the state ordered them to fix Malibu Canyon’s poles as penance.
In the middle of the project … the coastal commission adopted a new Los Angeles county coastal plan … which means Edison has to go back and paint all 65 poles.
KBUU News has learned that the Edison company has applied for an 18 month extension on the project … at the California Public Utilities Commission.
The CPUC ordered this project to be finished in 2012.
That was six years ago … if anyone is counting.
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