File #: 20-177    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 8/20/2020 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 9/8/2020 Final action: 9/8/2020
Title: To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, and Central Maine Power Company to locate two (2) utility poles and cables and wires there on Nash Road, approximately 345 feet Northeasterly of the intersection with center line of Windham Center Road.
Attachments: 1. 20-177 Cover Sheet, 2. Nash Rd-Pole Location

I.                     Council Action Requested.

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To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, and Central Maine Power Company to locate two (2) utility poles and cables and wires there on Nash Road, approximately 345 feet Northeasterly of the intersection with center line of Windham Center 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 and 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 “[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.