Ellwood City Borough Council voted to approve the purchase of 64 new utility poles to be installed in the borough.
The poles, part of a project to replace 280 deteriorated poles, will cost $403 each for a total of $25,792.
Because it takes time to coordinate with the telephone company, Borough Manager David Allen estimated the 64 poles could take a year or two to be fully implemented.
Only 64 poles are set to be purchased out of the 280 needed because that is all that the borough can store at one time.
Borough employees will work to replace the poles as soon as possible time and weather permitting.
The poles will be purchased using money from a 2017 bond issue.
The borough plans to replace the other 216 poles in the future.
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