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Residents press National Grid on pole and push‑brace plans; council seeks neighborhood meeting

Leominster City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

National Grid and Verizon presented petitions to place a push‑brace on Pleasant Street and three poles on Jungle Road. Neighbors raised visual, safety and notification concerns; the council asked National Grid to meet with residents and continued the Pleasant Street petition while approving Jungle Road pending follow‑up.

At a public hearing before the public service committee, Matthew McDonald of National Grid described two separate grant‑of‑location requests: petition 27‑26 to install a push‑brace near Pole 70 on Pleasant Street and petition 28‑26 to install three jointly owned poles on Jungle Road. McDonald said the Pleasant Street work responds to a rotted tree supporting a brace on the pole and that the Jungle Road work would support a temporary construction service that may later become permanent.

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