I reckon the new poles will not only be twice as thick as the old ones, without the stylish taper and finials, but there’ll be more of them.

Ugly is the new ugly, the spirit of the age.

(Hope I’m wrong)

Tony

> On 22 Oct 2020, at 1:36 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

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> On 14/10/2020 16:28, Mal Rowe wrote:

>> Yarra are planning to renew the tramway through Royal Park from Flemington Rd to Royal Park Station.

>>

>> See: https://yarratrams.com.au/projects/royal-park-tram-track-renewal

>>

> Some early work is already taking place.

>

> The orange plastic fences visible in the attached pic seem to be around new foundation pads for new overhead poles.

>

> Mal Rowe - back in trackwork voyeur mode

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