Greeting town residents,
Last week’s tropical storm was not strong enough for the amount of damage that has occurred, in our town. The blame for all the power outages lays in the hands of the power company and all the owners of the phone poles.
The power company is responsible for tree trimming, it looks to me like no tree trimming has been done in town in years. As customers we pay for that, why is it on being done?
In our bills we also pay for phone poles replacement, they should be replaced every 50 years. Many of the poles in town are well over that age. And why are none of the old telecommunications equipment removed from the poles? They add weight, not a good thing during wind events, besides being an eye sore.
I’ve been through a massive, destructive storm in another state and it took ten years for all the work from that one storm to be completed. Eversource is doing repairs just to get the power on, but not the maintenance and replacement to keep the power on. Brace yourselves we will be suffering with outages for many years to come.
I strongly urge you to reach out to our town Selectmen and our state legislators and demand answers and actions. We are completely reliant on power, we can’t afford to be without.
Thank you, Luise Lichtenberg
