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Leominster council advances National Grid pole work on Marguerite, Pleasant and Cottage streets; one hearing continued
Summary
The Leominster City Council advanced three National Grid/Verizon petitions to add or remove utility poles across Marguerite, Pleasant and Cottage streets while holding one hearing open after a business owner said the adjacent property may not have received required notice.
The Leominster City Council moved forward on multiple utility petitions from Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England on Tuesday, granting three petitions with conditions and continuing one to confirm abutter notification.
At the outset of the public service hearing, Chair Carrie Noseworthy read petition 38-26, which sought permission to install a jointly owned pole and a mid-span pole on Marguerite Avenue to support a capacitor bank for a solar/battery customer. National Grid representative Lenny Martinez told the committee the pole would be sited on the grass and that "the stakes that are there... we should not be blocking their access," adding he would coordinate with contractors and property users on design details.
Committee members focused on whether…
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