POR 2022-148
City Council goes on record in support of the alternative route (S11C) instead of the preferred route (S1A) for Eversource’s plans to connect the proposed substation to existing substations
Voted yes (8), unanimous
Burhan Azeem
Dennis Carlone
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
E. Denise Simmons
Paul F. Toner
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Absent (1)
Patty Nolan
O-17
Eversource has a proposal to place a new high-voltage electrical line along Hampshire St. to connect the proposed substation to existing substations on the alternative route (S11C) instead of their preferred route (S1A); and
Eversource's Preferred Route (S1A) uses Columbia and Hampshire streets while
Eversource's Alternate Route (S11C) utilizes the train tracks between Cardinal Medeiros Ave. and Fulkerson St; and
Several residents are concerned that the preferred route (S1A) route would negatively impact over 150 residential units, small businesses as well as hundreds of daily commuters (pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers, and MBTA users); and
Several community members have requested that Eversource consider their Alternate Route (S11C), which utilizes the train tracks between Cardinal Medeiros Ave. and Fulkerson St, to mitigate the negative impacts of running the wires down the S1A preferred route; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Council goes on record in support of the alternative route (S11C) instead of the preferred route (S1A) for Eversource’s plans to connect the proposed substation to existing substations.