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DRIVEN UP THE POLE!

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POLE POSITION: The pylon wasn't moved when the road was widened

Friday November 13,2009

By Sophie Flowers for express.co.uk

IF YOU thought your local traffic-calming scheme was bad enough to navigate, take a look at what Chinese drivers have to contend with.

A 40ft unmarked and unlit phone pylon is stranded in the middle of a six-lane highway.

The pole used to be at the side of the road but when planning authorities widened the road they didn’t think to move it.

A road arrow, less than 350ft away, directs drivers straight to it at 50mph, causing dozens of accidents.

Residents in Zhengzhou, central China, are learning to live with the dangerous obstruction.

Local driver Chang Feng, 33, said: “We have complained to the council but they say it would cost too much to bury the cables underground so we are stuck with it.”

The offending pole belongs to the local power authorities, who blame road planners for the problem.

A power authority spokesman said: “They should have informed us before the road widening project, but none of us knew this. Now it’s too expensive to move the pole.”



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IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN CHINA

13.11.09, 10:39pm

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