Ridgewood residents question prior notice by PSE&G
Friday August 16, 2013, 1:52 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Residents have voiced anger at PSE&G in recent weeks over installation of taller, higher-voltage utility poles, and a few have also expressed concern with the village and the extent of its prior knowledge of the project.
Residents of Hope Street and Spring Avenue say they were blindsided by the work that began outside their homes last month, but PSE&G has noted several times that it gave the village prior notice at a March 5 meeting.
A series of emails, starting March 5, were sent to various individuals at village hall and recently provided to The Ridgewood News. Based on the initial email, the village engineer, village manager, village council and other officials were given notice that taller poles would be installed with 69-kilovolt lines in the residential neighborhoods.
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If the Village Engineer, Manager and Council were all notified 6 months ago that the poles would be taller, why didn’t one of them ask, “how much taller?”. That’s a lot of people not paying attention.