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NYSEG Inspecting Utility Poles

NYSEG is beginning to inspect nearly 10,000 utility poles to check for  decay or damage.
 
It's part of the company's goal to inspect all of it's more than 80,000 wooden transmission poles every 10 years.

Inspections will begin in the Binghamton area in July.

The company says it costs 50 to 100 times less to treat a damaged pole than to replace it.

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