Board of Selectmen:Public Hearing 11/25/25, 3:00 PM

Petition from Massachusetts Electric Co for Pole Locations

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Select Board for the Town of Williamsburg will conduct a public hearing in accordance with Chapter 166, Section 22 of the Massachusetts General Laws, on a petition from MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY d/b/a VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC and NATIONAL GRID for JOINT or IDENTICAL POLE LOCATION to grant petitioner permissions to locate poles, wires, fixtures, including the necessary said poles, to be erected substantially in accordance with the plan marked Plan No. 31154983, dated September 17, 2025, filed herewith, upon, along and across the following public way:

South Street – National Grid to Relocate 1 JO Pole on South St beginning at a point approximately 1890 feet north of the centerline of the intersection of Unquomonk Rd. Relocating Pole #52 approximately 55’ south of existing location to correct insufficient guying of current infrastructure.

Also, for permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables and wires in the above or intersecting public ways for the purpose of making connections with such poles and buildings as each of said petitioners may desire for distributing purposes. Petitioners agree to reserve space for one crossarm at a suitable point upon each of said poles for the telephone, fire, and police signal wires belonging to the town and used by it for municipal purposes.

This hearing will be conducted on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., in the auditorium at Williamsburg Town Offices, 141 Main St, Haydenville, MA.

WILLIAMSBURG SELECT BOARD

Denise Banister, Chair