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Hooksett grants Eversource permission to notify property owners for scenic‑road tree trimming and hazard removals
Summary
Eversource presented routine maintenance trimming and a hazard‑tree removal list for the scenic section of Goffstown Road; the commission approved giving Eversource permission to notify affected property owners and proceed with mailers and hazard‑tree consents.
Marissa Del Corso, regional arborist for Eversource, described two distinct programs on the scenic stretch of Goffstown Road: the cyclical maintenance trimming that reestablishes clearances around distribution lines, and a hazard tree removal program for dead, dying, diseased or defected trees.
Del Corso said the maintenance trimming clears 8 feet to the side, 15 feet above and 10 feet below primary distribution lines and that Eversource generally leaves alive, healthy trees or limbs larger than 4 inches in diameter. She said hazard removals are documented by a patroller and that the company has identified 26 trees…
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