The Eureka St pole was replaced by Aurora Energy within about three hours and the Lommans said the response of linemen - the unsung heroes in any power pole issue - and emergency services to the August 13 incident was exemplary; they couldn't fault it. Aurora's power pole replacement programme is well advanced and on track to be completed on schedule. He said the force required for pole nailing could weaken that pole as well as the poles and ground structure around it and put poles at risk of falling. However, he said it was possible the nailing of the pole in Eureka St had contributed to the falling of the adjacent pole. But he said his main concern was that the pole replacement programme of Aurora/Delta was poorly documented, and that not all poles assessed as red-tagged were on the pole replacement programme.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 25, 2017 19:41 UTC