Baton Rouge, PSC fed up with unsightly, abandoned utility poles

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Officials with Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration are increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of obsolete utility poles—often left partially standing, abandoned, and adjacent to the new poles that replace them—creating a potential hazard and adding to visual litter in a city struggling to tackle blight and trash. The problem is particularly bad in underserved neighborhoods,

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