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2026-126 · LICENSE · INFRASTRUCTURE · 2026

ORDER FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL POLE LOCATIONS

National Grid and Verizon seek permission to relocate Pole 4 on Bay Street, Amesbury, to clear space for an anchor and guy wire. The project includes moving a dead-tree guy and installing underground laterals; a public hearing was held. The city grants authority to place and maintain the poles and wires in the public way per the submitted plan.

approved NEIGHBORHOOD
  1. STEP 1
    Submitted
    SEP 08 2026
  2. STEP 2 · CURRENT
    Approved
    SEP 22 2026
AI summary · plain-language

This is a location order authorizing National Grid and Verizon New England, Inc. to relocate Pole 4 on Bay Street by about four feet to create space for an anchor and guy wire serving Dewey Street. The work includes moving a dead tree guy, which is dead and to be removed by the customer, and allowing underground laterals for connections to poles and buildings. Following notice and a public hearing, Amesbury’s City Council approves joint or identical pole locations in the Bay Street public way and sets basic construction requirements: poles must be sound timber, placed at indicated points, and wires must be no less than 20 feet above ground. The order also reserves space for one cross-arm on each pole for municipal wires used exclusively for municipal purposes.

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

Key provisions

§1 Relocate Pole 4 on Bay Street approximately 4 feet easterly to allow anchor and guy wire.
§2 Move/remove dead tree guy in front of Bay Street as the tree is dead and customer is removing it.
§3 Authorize National Grid and Verizon to erect and maintain poles, wires, and fixtures in the public way per the attached plan.
§4 Reserve space for one cross-arm on each pole for municipal wires used exclusively for municipal purposes.

Discussed at meetings

City CouncilCity Council MeetingSeptember 22, 2026
approve2026-126
Approve the National Grid pole hearing WR#31343970 for Bay St. with the stipulations from DPW (2026-126).
MOVED BY COUNCILOR STANGANELLI · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HOGG · VOTE: APPROVED 8-0
0:20:50
City Council**AMENDED** City Council MeetingSeptember 8, 2026
2026-1262026-126 National Grid Pole Hearing — Sparhawk St. and Main St. Underground Conduit