Woodpeckers Partly To Blame For Transmission Tower Work In Manchester

MANCHESTER, CT — A project to replace aging and deteriorating power line towers on Manchester Water Company property is part of a larger project that also includes Glastonbury and Lebanon.

Eversource Energy has targeted the towers as part of the larger project that is slated to begin Thursday and continue through late June. Work hours should be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, although work on Sundays can be requested with limited work hours, officials said.

The work includes replacing existing, aged wood structures with new, more durable steel structures, with a finish that "weathers" or darkens over time.

The need to replace the transmission structures along Eversource's 368 Line are due to the age older wooden towers, along with weather exposure and damage caused by woodpeckers. The birds have ravaged the towers over the years, Eversource officials have said.

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