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2026-051 · LICENSE · INFRASTRUCTURE · 2026

ORDER FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL POLE LOCATIONS

City Council approves a petition by National Grid and Verizon to relocate Pole 4 on Lake Attitash Road in Amesbury. The order grants permission to erect and maintain poles and wires along the public way, with future underground connections and space reserved for municipal wires.

approved NEIGHBORHOODSPECIFIC PROPERTY
  1. STEP 1
    Submitted
    APR 14 2026
  2. STEP 2 · CURRENT
    Approved
    APR 14 2026
AI summary · plain-language

This order authorizes Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid and Verizon New England, Inc. to relocate Pole 4 on Lake Attitash Road, Amesbury, approximately 10 feet west, to address deterioration and proximity to the retaining wall at 83 Lake Attitash Road. It also grants joint or identical locations for erecting and maintaining poles and wires along Lake Attitash Road, requires poles to be sound timber and at least 20 feet above ground, and permits underground laterals with reserved space on each pole for municipal signals. The order follows notice and a public hearing and establishes the terms under which the poles and wires may be placed and maintained in the public way.

Generated by an LLM. Not legal text. Read the official ordinance for binding language.

Key provisions

§1 Grants joint or identical locations for erecting and maintaining poles and wires on Lake Attitash Road.
§2 Relocates Pole 4 about 10 feet west to avoid the retaining wall at 83 Lake Attitash Road.
§3 Poles to be sound timber, reasonably straight, and not less than 20 feet above ground.
§4 Allows underground laterals and reserves space on each pole for municipal fire, police, telephone, and telegraph wires.

Discussed at meetings

City CouncilCity Council MeetingApril 14, 2026
approve2026-051
move to approve 2026 dash zero five one in accordance with the public works director memo
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SULLIVAN · VOTE: APPROVED 8-0
1:03:22
City Council**CANCELLED** City Council MeetingFebruary 24, 2026
2026-0512026-051 National Grid Pole Hearing - Lake Attitash Rd.