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Lawrence committee presses National Grid on rising "double" poles, sends one request to full council
Summary
The Ordinance & Intergovernmental Relations Committee pressed National Grid on the proliferation of jointly owned utility poles and voted to send at least one pole installation (Berkeley near Montgomery) to the full council for public hearing after National Grid provided installation/removal counts for 2025.
Lawrence City’s Ordinance & Intergovernmental Relations Committee spent its Dec. 9 meeting pressing National Grid about the number of new utility poles and the slow pace of removing older, jointly owned (“double”) poles.
National Grid representative Jeff Saffler told the committee his team estimated 171 poles were installed in 2025 while roughly 132 poles were removed during the same period. "In 2025, there were a 171 poles installed," Saffler said, adding that about "132 represents number of poles that have been removed, like double poles." The figures are estimates, he said, and reflect coordination challenges among multiple owners…
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