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IS IN BROOKFIELD, TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS UNIQUE DILEMMA. JENNIFER: AN UNUSUAL SIGHT IN BROOKFIELD, A UTILITY POLE CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PAVEMENT ON BRICE DRIVE. SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED OVER HERE IF THEY RUN INTO IT AT NIGHTTIME. YOU CAN’T SEE THE POLE, YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE REFLECTORS. JENNIFER: IT’S THE LATEST IN ONGOING DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SOME NEIGHBORS AND TOWN OFFICIALS, THAT STARTED WHEN T TOWN SAID IT NEEDED TO CHANGE THE ROAD BECAUSE PART WAS ON SOMEBODY’S PROPERTY. WHEN WE ARE GOING TO EXPEND TOWN MONEY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND IN- DOING SO, WE HAD TO SHIFT OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT, TRYING TO GET THIS DONE FOR SEVEN YEARS. JENNIFER: THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE OLD POLE ALONGSIDE THE ORIGINAL ROAD. IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEW ROAD DIRECTION, THE TOWN CUT DOWN TREES ALONG HERE AND INSTALLED THIS NEW TELEPHONE POLE. THAT WAS IN LATE SPRING. EVERSOURCE MOVED ITS POWER LINES TO THE NEW POLE AT THAT TIME. MORE THAN THREE MONTHS LATER, A SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT IS WAITING FOR THE PHONE AND CABLE COMPANIES TO MOVE THEIR LINES BEFORE IT CAN REMOVE THE OLD POLE. NEIGHBORS FRUSTRATED THAT THE TOWN DECIDED TO PAVE AROUND IT LAST WEEK, INSTEAD OF WAITIN >> AS FAR AS HAVING A NEW ROAD, IT IS GREAT, BUT PEOPLE SPEED ON IT, WHICH MAKES THE POLE TWICE AS DANGEROUS. JENNIFER: THE ROAD AGENT DISAGREES. >> RIGHT NOW YOU SEE PAVEMENT, BUT THE TRAVEL WAY IS OVER THERE AND THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC. IT IS STRICTLY TEMPORARY AND PART OF THE PROCESS. JENNIFER: NO ONE’S ABLE TO SAY WHEN THE OLD POLE WILL BE REMOVED. IN B

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Residents of a Brookfield neighborhood say a utility pole near the center of a paved roadway is a road hazard, but town officials are calling it more of a short-term inconvenience.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe pole is close to the middle of Brice Drive."Someone could get killed if they run into it," said resident Mark Stengel. "At night time, you can't even see this pole. You can see the reflectors, but you never know what they're reflecting."There have been ongoing disagreements between some neighbors and town officials that started when the town said it needed to change the road because part of it was on somebody's property."When we're going to expend town money, we want to make sure it's in the right of way, and in doing so, we had to shift other portions of the road, and this is the result of that," said town road agent Edward Nason. "We've been trying to get this done for seven years."The pole used to be alongside the original road. In preparation for the new road, the town cut down some trees and installed a new pole in late spring.Eversource moved its power lines to the new pole when it was installed, but more than three months later, a spokesperson said the utility is waiting for the phone and cable companies to move their lines before it can remove the old pole.Neighbors said they're frustrated that the town decided to pave around the pole last week, instead of waiting for it to come down."As far as having a tarred road, it's really great, but the problem is, people speed on it now, too, which makes that pole twice as dangerous," resident Peter Donnelly said.Nason disagreed."Right now, you see pavement, but again, the road travel way is over there, and there's plenty of room for two-way traffic," he said. "It's strictly temporary. It's part of the process."There is no word on when the pole will be removed.