Town of Burlington recently issued the following announcement.
Dear Neighbor,
Safety First and Always
The safety of our employees, our customers, and the publicis our top priority during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Our commitment to safety, first and always, is continuous. Eversource representatives will continue to abide by all OoVD-19 safety guidelines, which include wearing personal protective equipment, following social distancing, enhanced sanitizing requirements and other federal and state health and safety guidelines.
Why Tree Work is Important
To protect the electric system, we remove tall-growing species from the right of way and cut branches extending into the right of way. These trees and branches pose a serious safety hazard, now or in the future, if they contact energized equipment. Vegetation contact with electric facilities may lead to power outages that could impact thousands of electric customers. The clearing of trees and branches in and along the right of way will improve system performance, especially during severe weather events.
Work in Your Neighborhood
The vegetation management work may include: • Clearing of incompatible trees and/or removal of branches that are encroaching into the right of way. • Removing tall-growing tree species that are incompatible to the transmission system, using manual climbing crew or mechanical tree harvesting equipment, and tree chipping machinery.
What You Can Expect
We want you to know that this work will not interrupt electric service to your property. Work hours will typically be 7 am to 7pm, Monday through Saturday. Due to weather or other unexpected circumstances, from time to time crews may need to work longer hours or on a Sunday. In certain areas, this vegetation management scope may be more than what has been experienced in the past. Based on the width of the right of way, the type and number of transmission lines, the location of the lines within the right of way and the topography, Eversource employs a "two-zone" vegetation maintenance method. This method establishes the following:
The wire zone is the area directly under the transmission lines, extending out 2 to 35 feet outside the wires depending on voltage. Eversource manages the wire zoneto promote a low-growing plant community dominated by grasses, flowers, ferns and small shrubs under 3 feet in height at maturity. Within this zone, trees and brush are selectively removed to allow for the establishment and preservation of these native, low-growing plant communities in non-lawn areas. Only established compatible species with a mature height of 15 feet or less at maturity may be allowed to remain in the wirer zone, depending on location. All other plants with a mature height greater than 15 feet will be removed.
The border zone is the area from outside wire zone to the edge of the cleared area or the easement edge. In this zone, incompatible tall-growing trees are removed and native trees and shrubs that have a mature height of 25 feet or less may remain where possible. The diagram illustrates a typical right of way condition. This work is occurring within the existing edge of clearing. Your neighborhood may have a different configuration of transmission structures.
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