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In australia buried lines are fairly common. It’s more expense and harder to do maintainence, but it’s also way better and safer.
Perth started burying their lines in the 90s. It was supposed to take 30 years. Last I heard, they’re about half done.
Yeah i was in high school in perth in the 90s so i remember poles disappearing.
Perth has expanded massively in the last 10-15 years, i’m not surprised initial estimates were way off. Or even less surprised than normal since i believe every single infrastructure project in history has been late and overbudget.
There were supposed to be five pyramids at Giza. Cutbacks…
j/k
Bet the power stays on more during storms and shit as well.
Poles get knocked over, struck by lightning, trees, blah blah.
Where I live, ground settling causes problems with utilities. Gas company had to come last week to redo line to my house because it had dropped a foot.