diff --git a/src/topupopt/data/gis/utils.py b/src/topupopt/data/gis/utils.py
index 39fafe63f55f27d35f79a84ce2abfd9333c0756e..0c21992a4e8a07565c774927b3f8ec776fbafc38 100644
--- a/src/topupopt/data/gis/utils.py
+++ b/src/topupopt/data/gis/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from networkx import MultiDiGraph, MultiGraph
 from pandas import MultiIndex, Series
 from numpy import float64, int64
 from geopandas import GeoDataFrame, read_file
-from shapely.geometry import Point
+from shapely.geometry import Point, LineString
 import contextily as cx
 
 # local, internal
@@ -1229,6 +1229,18 @@ def convert_edge_path(
     # return statement
     return node_path
 
+# *****************************************************************************
+# *****************************************************************************
+
+def create_edge_geometry(network: MultiDiGraph, edge_key) -> LineString:
+    "Returns a newly-created geometry for a given edge."
+    
+    return LineString(
+        [(network.nodes[edge_key[0]][osm.KEY_OSMNX_X],
+          network.nodes[edge_key[0]][osm.KEY_OSMNX_Y]),
+         (network.nodes[edge_key[1]][osm.KEY_OSMNX_X],
+          network.nodes[edge_key[1]][osm.KEY_OSMNX_Y])]
+        )
 
 # *****************************************************************************
 # *****************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/topupopt/problems/esipp/utils.py b/src/topupopt/problems/esipp/utils.py
index db692f86669a3c06a72c52fd92b00b45d91bbda6..ebfacf8b9d58efabd93c83ebb0651a8a054068f5 100644
--- a/src/topupopt/problems/esipp/utils.py
+++ b/src/topupopt/problems/esipp/utils.py
@@ -14,47 +14,6 @@ from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 # local, internal
 from .problem import InfrastructurePlanningProblem
 from .network import Network
-        
-# *****************************************************************************
-# *****************************************************************************
-
-def review_final_network(network: Network):
-    # check that the network topology is a tree
-    if network.has_tree_topology():
-        print("The network has a tree topology.")
-    else:
-        print("The network does not have a tree topology.")
-
-    # check the existence of forward and reverse arcs between the same nodes
-    has_forward_reverse_arcs(network, print_result=True)
-
-
-# *****************************************************************************
-# *****************************************************************************
-
-
-def has_forward_reverse_arcs(network: Network, print_result: bool = True) -> bool:
-    """Returns True if there are simultaneous forward and reverse arcs."""
-
-    # check the existence of forward and reverse arcs in the same segment
-    forward_reverse_arcs = [  # get the arcs selected
-        arc_key[0:2]
-        for arc_key in network.edges(keys=True)
-        if True in network.edges[arc_key][Network.KEY_ARC_TECH].options_selected
-    ]
-    forward_reverse_arcs = [  # get the selected arcs that exist both ways
-        arc_key
-        for arc_key in forward_reverse_arcs
-        if (arc_key[1], arc_key[0]) in forward_reverse_arcs
-    ]
-    if print_result:
-        if len(forward_reverse_arcs) == 0:
-            print(
-                "The network has no forward and reverse arcs in" + " the same segment."
-            )
-        else:
-            print("The network has forward and reverse arcs in" + " the same segment.")
-
 
 # *****************************************************************************
 # *****************************************************************************
diff --git a/tests/test_gis_utils.py b/tests/test_gis_utils.py
index 41e6509d02dc58c3ae03dc69f722b33b76570282..d2edd78d152bce12edeb1b878dcd329bb4eedd6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_gis_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_gis_utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from pandas import concat, MultiIndex, Series
 import networkx as nx
 import osmnx as ox
 from shapely.geometry import Point, LineString
+from shapely import intersects
 
 # local, internal
 
@@ -2642,7 +2643,24 @@ class TestGisUtils:
 
     # *************************************************************************
     # *************************************************************************
-
+    
+    def test_create_edge_geometry(self):
+        
+        G = nx.MultiDiGraph()
+        edge_key = (0, 1)
+        G.add_node(0, x=0, y=0)
+        G.add_node(1, x=1, y=1)
+        G.add_edge(0, 1, length=2**0.5)
+        first_geo = gis_utils.create_edge_geometry(G, edge_key)
+        edge_key = (2, 3)
+        G.add_node(2, x=0, y=1)
+        G.add_node(3, x=1, y=0)
+        G.add_edge(2, 3, length=2**0.5)
+        second_geo = gis_utils.create_edge_geometry(G, edge_key)
+        assert intersects(first_geo, second_geo)
+        
+    # *************************************************************************
+    # *************************************************************************
 
 # *****************************************************************************
 # *****************************************************************************