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New Utility Poles Going Up Across Territory As Local And Stateside Linemen Ramp Up Work

Linemen who have been arriving in the territory are finally beginning to join their local counterparts employed with the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority in the work to restore power to the USVI, after all four U.S. Virgin Islands were ravaged by two Cat 5 storms in September -- St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island by Hurricane Irma, and St. Croix by Hurricane Maria. The utility's aim is to power 90 percent of the islands by Christmas, according to WAPA officials and Governor Kenneth Mapp. Above, WAPA and off-island crews worked Tuesday in Christiansted, St. Croix. Below, find the semiautonomous entity's latest power and potable water restoration update: ELECTRIC SYSTEM Restoration and reconstruction work continued by WAPA Line Department personnel, as well as on-island and off-island contractors in both districts on Tuesday. On St. Croix, restoration work included planting new poles on the paths of Feeders 1A and 2A, while clean-up crews continued clearing sc...