Residents of Guilford and Madison as the energy company Eversource has started clearing trees from the 150-foot wide right of way running along transmission lines between Branford and Old Saybrook. The project is expected to run through the end of the year, said Eversource Manager of Vegetation Management in Connecticut Sean Redding. The clearing is one of two projects in the area, said Redding, the other focuses on the replacement of poles with sturdier poles and replacing wires with more compact covered wire along roadside distribution lines. He said that with the increased age of the trees in the state and with disease and invasive species, trees are failing and need to be removed from the easements. The width of the easement through most of the Guilford area, Redding said, is 150 feet, but can vary depending on the agreement at the time the easement was established. And transmission lines don’t necessarily fall directly in the middle of the easement.
Clear Cutting For Powerlines Between Branford and Old Saybrook has Neighbors Up in Arms