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nztim
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  #3357402 26-Mar-2025 09:18
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jonathan18:

 

Is there anything stopping me doing the same thing? I’d still have the pole outside, and there are a couple of other cables going from that pole onto another.

 

 

Other than the easement is still in place, while "no one would probably know" this would be a dumb thing to do.





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  #3357417 26-Mar-2025 10:49
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SomeoneSomewhere:

 

They don't look that bad (certainly better than padmount substations) and it stops them getting tagged. 

 

 

I remember they commissioned these artworks as in the long run was cheaper than continually having to pay to clean off graffiti (prioritised if offensive).  One of the major paint companies also sponsor it including their logo so the cost to Chorus is likely minimal if that.


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  #3357449 26-Mar-2025 13:16
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Tongue -----> cheek

 

 

 

Ask them if they could sub-contract it out, then provide them a quote to do it your self?

 

 

 

 





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  #3358305 28-Mar-2025 18:54
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If you are sure its just a thin drop cable that no longer goes anywhere - that is it leaves the jointing pillar from the undergound distribution cable, traverses some poles and ends without arriving at a customer, then the process would be   

 

1) Check your local district plan under the network utilities section. There is usually a rule in there that says unused utility lines and poles need to be removed when they are no longer in use 
2) If such a rule exists then put a complaint into the local council  





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