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Framingham task force reviews pole inventory, transfer delays and contractor cleanup
Summary
Framingham City and utility representatives reviewed the town’s pole inventory and discussed barriers to removing or relocating overhead poles — including third-party attachments, MassDOT permits and contractor cleanup — during the April 17 Double Utility Pole Task Force meeting.
Framingham City and utility representatives on April 17 reviewed the town’s pole inventory and discussed barriers to moving overhead wires and removing older poles, including third-party attachments, state permitting and inconsistent contractor cleanup.
Task force members opened with an “engines” report showing multiple categories of attachments. Ellen Cummings, Verizon State Government Affairs, read counts in the meeting: “Eversource has a hundred and 5. Fiber town fiber… Fire alarms are 11… CATV… that's 38, and Verizon is 23,” and noted the total was “just south of 300.”
The counts set off a discussion of which attachments utilities can move. Peter Bowman, an Eversource representative, said Eversource will prioritize the 105 items in its database and investigate a submitted “hot list” of poles flagged by the task force, saying he would “go back and… make some progress so others can do their…
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