BATON ROUGE – Longtime resident Barbara Haynes was shocked when utility crews arrived on her street to install new power poles – one of which is in her front yard – as part of Entergy’s five-year grid resilience plan.
Haynes, who has lived in her home on West McKinley Street for 40 years, said neither she nor her neighbors received any notification about the project, which now leaves a large pole blocking her view exiting and entering her driveway, and a portion of the sidewalk.
She is frustrated. Despite confronting the crew, she was told the work would proceed within the utility’s right-of-way…