For months I have been trying to get the Historic District Commission or any other arm of town government to act on the in-the-dead-of-night installation by AT&T of its giant, intrusive video ready access device (VRAD) cabinets – those giant boxes such as the one behind St. James right in front of the cemetery. My argument was that the boxes are so large (about five feet tall and four feet wide) that they are in fact structures, and ought not to be allowed in an historic district without a certificate of appropriateness from the HDC.Well, it seems we have friends in Hartford we didn’t even know we had. On Friday, the state’s Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) issued a draft decision that the siting of the VRAD boxes in public rights-of-way and on private land requires the “prior notice and consent” of adjoining property owners and the host municipality PRIOR TO installation. Not sure if boxes already installed can remain in place, but in the meantime you can read the DPUC decision here: http://www.dpuc.state.ct.us/DPUCinfo.nsf/6388afa2e804605f852565f7004e9e87/1bf42f7e0ae15184852574bb0047dac8?OpenDocument
-- Michael Bingham
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