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File #: 19-145    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 7/29/2019 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 8/13/2019 Final action: 8/13/2019
Title: To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on Covered Bridge Road, approximately 1320 feet Westerly of the intersection with center line of River Road.
Attachments: 1. 19-145 Cover Sheet, 2. Consolidated Communications-Pole-Covered Brdg
I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on Covered Bridge Road, approximately 1320 feet Westerly of the intersection with center line of River Road.
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II. Basis for Council Action.

Council approval of this item is required because;

a) Title M.R.S.A. 35A ? 2501 (2) states that "[E]xcept as otherwise provided, a person may not construct facilities upon and along highways and public roads without applying for an obtaining a written location permit from the applicable licensing authority."
b) Title M.R.S.A. ? 35A 2502 (1) B defines applicable licensing authority as the "[T]he municipal officers or their designees, when the public way is a city street or town way or a state or state-aid-highway in the compact areas of urban compact municipalities.."

III. Issue Summary.

Please refer to the attached application.