Okay, so it’s blatent self-promotion from ActewAGL, but I think it’s interesting: “ActewAGL successfully installed 15, 12.5 meter steel electricity poles by helicopter at Isaccs Ridge, Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie yesterday. ”
ActewAGL press release:
ACTEWAGL’S POLE REPLACEMENT WORK BY HELICOPTER – A FLYING SUCCESS
ActewAGL successfully installed 15, 12.5 meter steel electricity poles by helicopter at Isaccs Ridge, Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie yesterday.
The works were carried out in terrain only accessible by air and a small excavating machine. ActewAGL worked with Canberra Nature Parks to ensure the process was environmentally sound.
ActewAGL General Manager Networks Noel Whitehill said, “Loading and delivering the poles by helicopter was the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective method of installing the new poles.
“Using a helicopter meant tracks and roads didn’t have to be cut through sensitive park areas and it also kept inconvenience to bushwalkers and motorists to a minimum.”
The steel power poles replaced the condemned timber ones at each location. Steel is the preferred material because it’s lighter than the timber poles, which are too heavy for the helicopters to lift.”
The new power poles supply high-voltage 11-kilovolt power. The Isaccs Ridge power poles provide electricity to the communication towers along Isaccs Ridge and the Quamby Youth Detention Center. The power poles at Mount Ainslie provide electricity to Mount Ainslie, which includes the Emergency Services equipment and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s navigation equipment. And the power poles at Black Mountain provide electricity to the peninsula’s recreation area and back-up power to the Telstra Tower.
ActewAGL would like to thank the public for their cooperation during the project.
For further media information:
Michelle Heins
ActewAGL
Telephone: 6248 3126
Mobile: 0414 515 359
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