Entergy Begins Upgrading Power Poles To Resist Hurricane Winds

Entergy New Orleans is overhauling its infrastructure with the goal of protecting the city's power grid from hurricane-force winds.

Phase one of the utility's Accelerated Resilience Plan started Tuesday on General De Gaulle Drive in Algiers.

The new "storm-hardened" power poles are designed to resist Category 4 hurricane winds of up to 140 miles per hour.

The first phase of the $100 million plan involves installing more than 3,000 of the poles citywide.