I. Council Action Requested.
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To approve an application submitted by Northern New England Telephone Operations, LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate (13) utility poles and cables and wires beginning at Pole 508 [75] there on Windham Center Road, approximately 900 feet northwesterly of the intersection of center line US Route 202/4; thence extending approximately 1670 feet northwesterly to Pole 522 [88].
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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 has “[T]he municipal officers or their designees, when the pubic 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.