Downtown Development Authority urges action on unsightly telecom attachments
DDA representatives and Main Street staff told council that accumulated telecommunications attachments on utility poles are creating visual blight downtown; staff proposed inventorying attachments and meeting providers but noted the city cannot unilaterally remove attachments under pole-attachment agreements.
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Representatives from the Downtown Development Authority and Main Street office raised concerns about newly attached telecommunications lines that have accumulated on utility poles in the downtown corridor, saying the attachments are creating an unsightly condition after years of investment in streetscape improvements. Abigail Shurik, Main Street manager, said the issue is primarily new communications lines that are added rather than consolidating existing attachments and that the DDA is seeking enforcement or cooperative remediation with providers.
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