Below is a project notice from National Grid:
Dear Neighbor,
National Grid continues to make improvements to strengthen our electric transmission systems and more reliably serve our customers in your area. This includes replacing existing aging transmission line structures within the right-of-way near your home or business with new steel structures.
Starting as soon as mid-July, crews will begin work to replace existing wood structures and some existing steel structures along an approximately 18-mile corridor — through Tewksbury, Andover, Wilmington, North Reading, Reading, Lynnfield, Wakefield and Saugus — with new steel structures.
Most work areas will be accessible from public streets that cross the right of way at various locations or utilize access routes outside the right of way that have been used in the past.
The scope of the upcoming civil construction work within the right-of-way includes vegetation management, installing gravel access roads or wood timber mats in select areas to provide access and protection from construction activities, pouring concrete foundations at some locations, delivering and installing new structures and structure hardware, installing fiber optic cable on structures to improve electric reliability by enabling communication between substations. Timber mats will be removed at the end of the project.
During these activities there will be an increase of vehicles and team members within the area. Our employees and consultants are expected to wear their required personal protection equipment (PPE), including hard hats, high visibility vests and photo ID’s.
Work will occur generally between the hours of 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday, and on Sunday as necessary. Construction will be done in phases along the corridor and is anticipated to occur between July 2024 through February of 2026 with restoration activities as needed to follow.
Truck traffic will use caution while on the streets in your area leading to the access points.
If you have any questions or would like further information on construction activities specific to its proximity to your home or business, please contact our Project Hotline at 781-236-6286. You can also email Gary.StFleur@nationalgrid.com.
Sincerely,
Matt Watkins, Consultant
National Grid, Stakeholder Management
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