BUSHKILL -- Towering 160 feet into the air over the Poconos are two power line poles. They've just arrived off Route 209 in Bushkill about a week ago.
It's part of the multiphase, multimillion dollar Susquehanna Roseland power line project that will send power from the nuclear power plant near Berwick to New Jersey.
The poles are a new landmark Kenny Tepas of Bushkill says are hard to miss.
"I don't know, it looks ugly like the twin towers or something like that. It looks ugly, to tell you the truth. They should do something with them, paint them or I don't know, looks all like a rusty mess," said Tepas.
Fernwood Resort owns this property where the poles sit.
Workers say PPL has been working on this phase of the project for more than a year. It's something the resort has had to work around.
"It is the future. You can't really stop the power company, but we really tried to work with them to mitigate all of our problems," said the Bushkill Group spokeswoman Gina Bertucci.
While these big power lines are being installed, resort officials say they had to turn a lawn into a big parking lot to accommodate their guests, but they say they're looking forward to getting this green space back soon, and getting back to business as usual.
"The only business that I think we've had some impact with is our horses. The horses are a little sensitive to sound and noise and change," said Bertucci.
PPL officials say they had more than 20 public meetings about these power lines that will provide more reliable power across the state for decades to come. That's something critics of these towering power poles say they understand.
"If people need their power and stuff like that, what are you supposed to do? You can't cover that thing up, put a tree next to it or something, I don't know," said Tepas.
"I would agree with that. It's definitely signs of the times. We need power, it's definitely a necessity and there are tradeoffs that we have to deal with," said Christopher White of Tannersville.
The Susquehanna Roseland project is scheduled to be complete in the spring.