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Co-op faces challenge in replacing power lines in Hall County

Electric power transmission lines stretch across the edge of High Pointe subdivision across Lake Lanier. Currently the lines are supported by a double wooden pole system that soon will be replaced by a single-pole concrete and steel system.

0630transmission1 — Electric power transmission lines stretch across the edge of High Pointe subdivision across Lake Lanier. Currently the lines are supported by a double wooden pole system that soon will be replaced by a single-pole concrete and steel system.

Jeff GillFollow @jeffgtimes

Updated: Jun 30, 2013, 4:26 AM

Published: Jun 30, 2013, 4:30 AM

The 6.2 miles of power lines were staked across northern Hall County before Lake Lanier was built in the 1950s and at a time when farms and pastures filled the landscape. The scenery is much different now. In the decades since, neighborhoods have sprung up between Leach Road and an area off the lake between Thompson Bridge Road and Riverside and Island drives.

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