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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

Council stops selling off smart poles after writing off $164k debt

NOT FOR SALE: A Hess smart pole next to the University of Newcastle building in Honeysuckle. Newcastle has the largest array of smart poles of any city in Australia. Picture: Michael Parris

City of Newcastle says it will stop selling smart poles to private developers, even though its rollout of Smart City infrastructure has been "in line" with a NSW government funding agreement.

The Newcastle Herald reported on Tuesday that councillors had voted to write off a $164,000 debt incurred by an unidentified bankrupt electrical contractor who bought the poles in 2019 to install on private land near Newcastle Museum but never paid for them.

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