...At some time unannounced and not be announced the contractors will arrive to begin the task of dismantling and removing the power line. I’ve no detail about how this will be done. Obviously the cable will go first and the reason for keeping quiet about the operation is to prevent targeting by metal thieves: once it’s known that the power has been switched off and is going through the undergrounded route along Hathersage Road it will be on its way to the scrap yards. In common with countrywide trends Sheffield has experienced a big increase in metal thefts in recent times.
It’s likely that the removal will cause considerable disruption to the site if we're to go by experience of the contractors from the same source removing trees. Vehicles may disgorge armoured operators with heavy equipment helmeted and clad in high visibility wear. Will they take each whole pole out of the ground or saw it off at ground level? Are they incapable of working at a distance from their vehicles – a characteristic of contractors everywhere these days? There would be more than irony if in the interests of beautifying the landscape it was seen to be necessary to create devastation with heavy vehicles..
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