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Council tables National Grid conduit petition until hospital pole blocking bus turnaround is removed
Summary
National Grid sought permission to install two underground conduits at Pearl and Medford Street; the council tabled the petition after councilors said a nearby old utility pole installed for a hospital development remains in place and prevents the MBTA 99 bus from serving part of a ward.
The Malden City Council opened a public hearing on a National Grid petition to install two 5‑inch underground conduits through the Pearl and Medford Street intersection (plan No. 30926772) and heard from National Grid representatives and multiple councilors.
Project intent and presentation
National Grid representatives said the conduits are part of reconductoring work to the Everett substation and that replacing a direct‑buried cable with conduit allows future cable replacement without excavation during outages. Petreich Jeka identified…
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