Collaboration is key on road projects

As roadwork paves the way for wider, safer thoroughfares, OPPD often finds itself joining the effort, moving power poles, street lights or even major infrastructure. “Sometimes, we just have to move one pole or a streetlight,” said Roger Peterson, OPPD’s manager of Distribution Engineering System Improvement. “Other times, we have to move major infrastructure or build new manhole duct line systems for underground power lines.”