New poles on Imperial St. to keep wires safe

Treading west of Yonge Street for a brief visit, we found the long-running renovation at the corner of Duplex Ave and Imperial Street besieged by Toronto Hydro equipment and workers. This rather huge re-modelling job, which has been going on for many months, apparently began to protrude into the space of the high-voltage wires on Imperial. The wires must be at least ten feet away from a structure. So this army of Hydro people arrived today — bringing two new utility poles — to re-align the wires and make their passage safe. New poles. Somebody will pay for that. Ouch!