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Falmouth conservation panel approves townwide fiber‑optic permits with strict wetland conditions
Summary
The Conservation Commission approved Gateway Infrastructure LLC’s requests to install underground and aerial fiber‑optic lines across town, granting negative determinations with conditions to protect wetlands, cabinets and dunes and requiring monitoring and coordination with town engineering.
The Falmouth Conservation Commission on April 22 approved permits for Gateway Infrastructure LLC to install fiber‑optic cables across the town, voting to issue negative determinations under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Falmouth Wetlands Bylaw with site‑specific conditions.
Jen, a conservation department staff member who presented the permits, told commissioners the town is treating three vendors consistently so permitting will be…
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