Ameren project calls for larger utility poles, higher-capacity transmission lines in Ford County

GIBSON CITY — Taller, stronger utility poles and higher-capacity electric lines would replace those along a stretch of Illinois 9 spanning from Ford County’s western border to Paxton — plus those along U.S. 45 from Paxton to Gilman in central Iroquois County — as part of Ameren’s Central Illinois Grid Transformation Program. The program of Ameren Illinois, an electric and […]