Extraordinary contempt for anyone not travelling by car from SA Power: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-20/stobie-pole-installed-in-middle-of-bolivar-bikeway/101166612
Seems rather unlikely they'd have the same relaxed attitude to eventually getting around to fixing it if they'd installed a power pole in the middle of a road for cars.
Also LOL "Stobie Pole"
@hugh level crossing replacement project did that in Noble Park, except the pole was there first https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/44679330214/
@hugh this mf said stobie pole