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Somerville committee recommends easement for Eversource (NSTAR) substation at 51 Prospect Street
Summary
The finance committee recommended approval of a permanent easement allowing NSTAR Electric Company (doing business as Eversource) to install and maintain underground conduit and a manhole across a small city-owned private way adjacent to Union Square.
The Somerville City Finance Committee on June 9 recommended approval of a permanent easement granting NSTAR Electric Company (doing business as Eversource) the right to install, operate, maintain and remove underground electric equipment across a small city-owned private way near 51 Prospect Street in the Union Square area.
City engineering staff said the parcel is an islanded remnant of an old private way near the Union Square MBTA station that Eversource needs to cross to connect new transformers and conduit installations for an expanded substation. "This easement is primarily and exclusively to give Eversource…
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