National Grid takes time to meet with residents and answer questions Wednesday night on its plans to refurbish a 32-mile corridor of electric lines stretching from Haverhill’s Ward Hill Substation on Cross Road (National Grid filings say Cross Street) north to the New Hampshire border and south to Tewksbury.
According to the utility, the work involves installing new access roads and work pads, replacing 345 kilovolt wood poles with new light duty steel H-frame and monopole structures, replacing 345 kilovolt wood and steel structures with engineered steel monopole structures and installing new optical ground wire to improve reliability and enable troubleshooting between substations.
Work is planned in Andover, Dracut, Methuen, Haverhill, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, West Newbury, Merrimack and Amesbury.
What National Grid is calling an Asset Condition Refurbishment Project will be discussed during an open house Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 6-7:30 p.m., at Andover Municipal Services Building meeting room, 5 Campanelli Drive, Andover.
Organizers say there will not be a formal presentation as part of this open house, giving residents the flexibility of stopping by any time during the hour and a half time frame. Those with questions may call 781-263-6286 or email [email protected].