Power restored in Transcona after grader hit pole: Hydro

WINNIPEG -- UPDATE: Power has been restored to 2,900 customers in Transcona after Manitoba Hydro made emergency repairs to a pole hit by a grader.

The Crown utility tweeted on Wednesday that all customers had their power back by 9:55 p.m., over five hours after the outage began.

 

All customers restored as of 9:55 p.m. If you’re still without power, please let us know at https://t.co/Zu7YJqxLv8 so we can fix it quickly.

— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) January 23, 2020

EARLIER: Manitoba Hydro said a power outage starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Transcona area is expected to last as long as five hours.

The Crown utility is turning the power off to make emergency repairs to a pole that was damaged when it was hit by a grader.

Hydro shared a map of the affected area, saying 2,900 customers will be impacted.

#mboutage Outage affected area below pic.twitter.com/joCbFXTo83

— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) January 22, 2020

It also shared photos of the damaged pole, which is still standing but crooked and cracked and in the middle.