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LEHI — Nearly another two dozen 80-foot light poles located on a busy stretch of Interstate 15 are scheduled to be removed beginning Monday, which may create some travel headaches, state transportation officials warn.
Two northbound lanes and one southbound lane are scheduled to be closed near the Lehi Tech Corridor from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day from Monday to Friday, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. Crews will use that time to remove 23 potentially unstable light poles on the freeway between the 2100 North and Main Street interchanges in the city.
The project is expected to result in "minor delays."
The lane closures follow a similar project in January, where 27 120-foot light poles were eventually removed from the freeway. UDOT chose to remove the poles after one tumbled onto the freeway during a winter storm. Four other poles were found to be unstable.
"We don't want to take any chances with safety, so we instructed our contractor to take down all of the remaining poles so we can do a close inspection, find out why it happened, why they failed and how we can prevent it from happening again," UDOT spokesman John Gleason said, at the time.
An independent review determined that the high-mast light poles were manufactured incorrectly, according to the agency. UDOT officials the original poles' warranty will cover the costs of replacement.
