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Eversource Planning Aerial Patrols Of Transmission Lines
Published: Mar 29, 2016 12:00 am
Eversource Energy has notified the town that it will be performing aerial patrols on many of its transmission lines this week and next.
Work will be done March 30-April 1 and April 4-8, according to the utility company.
The purpose of the flyover is to patrol vegetation on the lines. Any adverse flying conditions will require rescheduling.
Municipalities in this area of the state that will see patrollers including Newtown, as well as Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Monroe, New Milford, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, and Washington.
More than 400 Newtown homes and businesses remain without power following an intense February 24-25 overnight storm that carried rain, high winds and thunder across the state.