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Council approves Eversource conduit work on Wood and Orchard streets after safety questions
Summary
The New Bedford City Council on Sept. 25 approved permits allowing Eversource Energy to install conduit beneath sidewalks on Wood Street and Orchard Street. Councilors pressed the company to use police details near busy stretches and school zones and to restore sidewalks after the work.
The New Bedford City Council on Sept. 25 approved permits allowing Eversource Energy to install underground conduit beneath sidewalks on Wood Street and Orchard Street.
The permits were granted after Eversource representative Jessica Elder described two separate work orders: roughly 10 feet of conduit at 494 Wood Street and about 40 feet of conduit on Orchard Street to provide upgraded service and to reach an existing handhole. Elder said the Wood Street work “shouldn’t take us any more than a day” and that the company would “restore back to the original condition or better.” She said the Orchard Street work…
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