Huh the pole replacement works like they plant a pole in the pavement next to where the last one was while the old one still stands, have guys at the top switch stuff over from the old to the new one, and then they take the old one down. Makes sense, but wasn't immediately obvious.
This is actually gonna make it appreciably easier to build a walk to the basement unit door, along with relocating that line when the mimosa was trimmed, linemen doing me a solid recently.