Powercor report advocates for eight-fold increase of ageing wooden pole replacements

By Andrew Thomson
Updated December 9 2019 - 9:56pm, first published 8:00pm
Damage: Jack Kenna Junior and Bernie Harris with the smouldering remains of the pole that snapped and sparked a fire at The Sisters on St Patrick's Day last year.
Damage: Jack Kenna Junior and Bernie Harris with the smouldering remains of the pole that snapped and sparked a fire at The Sisters on St Patrick's Day last year.

A secret Powercor maintenance report predicts the electricity giant will have to lift the replacement rate of wooden poles eight-fold in an attempt to keep Victorians safe from bushfires.

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