approve2024-118
Approve Pole Hearing 2024-118 (National Grid petition at 16 South Hunt Rd.).
2024-118 · LICENSE · INFRASTRUCTURE · 2024
ORDER FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL POLE LOCATIONS
The Amesbury City Council approves a joint pole locations order for National Grid and Verizon to install two new poles on South Hunt Road, with underground wiring options and a municipal cross-arm requirement. The decision affects residents and properties along South Hunt Road and follows a public hearing process.
approved NEIGHBORHOODSPECIFIC PROPERTY
- STEP 1SubmittedSEP 24 2024
- STEP 2 · CURRENTApprovedSEP 24 2024
AI summary · plain-language
The City Council approved a petition by Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid and Verizon New England, Inc. to locate poles, wires, and fixtures along South Hunt Road in Amesbury. The order authorizes two joint poles (nos. 18-25 and 29-50) approximately 1,550 feet southwest of the S. Martin Road intersection and extending about 1,000 feet in a southeasterly direction, with authority to install accompanying wires and underground laterals as needed. Poles must be timber, straight, and placed per the attached plan, not less than 20 feet above ground. The petition also requires reserving space for one cross-arm on each pole for municipal wires and permits underground connections to other facilities. The order followed public notice and a hearing and is filed in the city records as a location order.
Key provisions
§1 Install two joint poles on South Hunt Road at about 1,550 ft SW of the S. Martin Rd intersection (poles #18-25 and #29-50).
§2 Poles shall be sound timber, reasonably straight, placed as shown on the plan, and at least 20 feet above ground.
§3 Permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables, and wires to connect with the poles for distributing purposes.
§4 Reserve space for one cross-arm on each pole for municipal fire, police, telephone, and telegraph wires.
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