Select Board Approves Two Grid Pole Installations

Select Board · Meeting of May 6, 2026

Brookfield Select Board approved two National Grid utility pole installations tied to a reconductoring project along Quaboag Street. The board voted 2-0 with one abstention to approve a pole near 47 South Maple Street after a member disclosed the site was near family property. Members then unanimously approved a second pole near the East Brookfield River and Shore Road area.

National Grid distribution engineer Carlos Carriga told the board the project spans roughly five to six miles into East Brookfield and ties into a larger docket members identified as DPU 2075. Carriga said new "spacer cable" technology is designed to resist outages from falling tree limbs, adding "National Grid really doesn't like outages, so we have a big push to reconductor all we can for the reliability of the customer." No further pole hearings are expected in Brookfield under this project phase.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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