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Council approves National Grid/Verizon petition to add and relocate poles on Bridge Road
Summary
As part of a unanimous consent agenda vote, the Northampton City Council approved petition 25.313 from National Grid/Verizon to install a new pole and relocate an existing pole at 737 Bridge Road; National Grid said moves are to raise low wires and accommodate a driveway.
The Northampton City Council approved petition 25.313, filed by National Grid and Verizon, as part of a unanimous consent agenda vote at its Oct. 6 meeting.
Ken Kriegel, representing National Grid, told the council the petition would relocate one pole and add one pole at 737 Bridge Road to accommodate a new driveway egress and to correct an overlong span where "the wires are too low, so adding an extra pole raises them up." He said pole locations were chosen to avoid impacting a new sidewalk and that one new pole sits behind a bus stop where bike chargers are planned.
Councilor Moulton noted the property is the former nursing home site and read a point from the meeting memo advising National Grid to coordinate with the developer (Valley CDC) on proposed landscaping and trees; Kriegel said he was not aware of prior coordination but that the selected pole locations avoid tree impacts and that coordination could occur.
The petition was listed on the consent agenda along with other items; Councilor LaBarge moved approval and Councilor Moulton seconded. A roll-call vote approved the consent agenda unanimously, and Council President Jared Jarrett announced the consent items passed.
Because the petition passed on the consent agenda, the council did not take separate debate or an additional roll call specifically for 25.313 beyond the general consent approval recorded in the meeting minutes.
