Council approves two poles, tables third pending safety review
Malden City Council approved two National Grid utility petitions and tabled a third. Petition 284-26 for a Forest Street pole and Petition 286-26 for Salem Street underground conduits were approved with conditions.
City Council · Meeting of June 2, 2026
Malden City Council approved two National Grid utility petitions and tabled a third. Petition 284-26 for a Forest Street pole and Petition 286-26 for Salem Street underground conduits were approved with conditions. Petition 285-26 for a Floral Avenue pole was tabled pending investigation of deteriorating poles; Councillor Ari Taylor raised safety concerns about poles, including one near a school, with inadequate National Grid response.
The council held a budget hearing where speakers opposed cuts to language access services and voted 8-0 to authorize the Legal Department to respond to an Open Meeting Law complaint.
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Source: the City Council meeting of June 2, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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