By Trevor Pritchard, CBC News Ottawa, October 16, 2020
There's a new big name in Ottawa's cycling community, and anyone who bikes down Booth Street could bump into them — possibly, quite literally.
A roughly three-storey utility pole christened "Joel lePole" currently sits in the middle of a new cycle track being installed along Booth Street just south of the Chaudière Bridge.
The curious alignment gained a degree of attention this week when photos and videos of the pole appeared online.
"It's counterintuitive to most people," said Erinn Cunningham, a board member with advocacy group Bike Ottawa. "We're kind of left wondering ... how you get through the design and review process, and construction, before someone realizes that maybe a utility pole shouldn't be in the middle of a cycle track."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/utility-pole-bike-lane-zibi-1.5763610