MASSACHUSETTS. ONCE YOU SEE THEM, YOU CAN’T UNSEE THEM. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT DOUBLE UTILITY POLES. THAT’S WHEN A NEW POLE IS PUT IN THE GROUND AND THE OLD ONE IS CUT OFF. AND STAPLED TO IT. THEY ARE ...
You can see the problem all over the state. They're called "double poles," a new utility pole attached to an old one, sometimes precariously. Alan from Beverly doesn't like it. He Declared his ...
Double power poles are meant to be a temporary fix, but tens of thousands of them can be found across the commonwealth, and an NBC10 Boston investigation reveals they often remain for years before ...
WITHOUT PAROLE. BEN. ALL RIGHT, JESSICA, THANK YOU. AFTER I AIRED A STORY YESTERDAY, RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME ABOUT DOUBLE UTILITY POLES, WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF YOU. MANY OF YOU TOLD US YOU’RE DEALING ...
As yesterday’s story in The Sun suggests, the scourge of double utility poles seems to be the bane of several communities. This happens when utility companies replace an outmoded pole with a new one, ...
GARDEN CITY PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) --Suffolk County has adopted a law against double utility poles prompting homeowners in Nassau County to call for similar legislation. Double poles are created when ...
LOWELL — City councilors acknowledged Tuesday night that National Grid and Verizon have made some progress reducing the number of double poles in the city, but they said much more work remains to be ...
The Dedham Select Board is urging utility and cable companies to act within 90 days to remove the double poles that connect the town’s utility and communication wire. Representatives of Eversource, ...
New broadband services that need space for wires on utility poles and PPL’s own installation of taller, sturdier poles have both contributed in recent years to a problem that sometimes hides in plain ...