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Select Board approves National Grid and Verizon petitions after resident hearing
Summary
After a public hearing on petitions from National Grid and Verizon, the Select Board approved two pole petitions — one on Root Road and one on New Templeton Road — following testimony from a Root Road resident about a tilted, deteriorating pole and clarifications from National Grid on undergrounding constraints and sequencing with customer electricians.
The Select Board opened a public hearing on petitions from National Grid and Verizon New England seeking permission to install or relocate poles on Root Road and New Templeton Road. The notices, read by the chair, described specific pole locations and distances and were filed under the town's statutory public-notice requirements.
National Grid’s representative, identified as Matt McDonald, said the projects were driven by customer requests. Resident Richard Bridal of 15 Root Road testified that a pole on his property is leaning, the rubber…
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