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Committee authorizes city manager to negotiate access agreement with Eversource for Old Gilson Road work
Summary
Eversource requested temporary access and permission to breach a stone wall to replace transmission structures; the committee moved to authorize the city manager to negotiate agreements allowing removal of a portion of the wall and a temporary access road and approved the recommendation.
Eversource representatives asked the committee for two approvals tied to a transmission‑structure replacement project: temporary construction access on Old Gilson Road and permission to breach a stone wall that marks the boundary between the city parcel and Eversource property.
Public Works Director Don Lewis noted that Old Gilson Road is generally closed to general traffic and that Eversource—owner of the parcel they need to reach—still must obtain excavation permits and the council’s consent to modify a stone wall, which New Hampshire law treats as the mutual property of abutting owners. Rem Schneider, representing Eversource, said the project will replace five structures as part of an asset‑condition replacement; the committee voted to recommend the city manager be authorized to negotiate and execute agreements to remove the specified portion of the stone wall and to allow a temporary gravel access road for construction.
