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What is NYC AC § 24-410?

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This section outlines the process by which the commissioner of transportation may require the removal of above-ground electrical conductors and their supporting fixtures when underground conduits or subways are constructed in Manhattan and the Bronx. Applies to owners or operators of electrical conductors in affected areas.

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§ 24-410 Construction of conduits; removal of poles, wires.

AC § 24-410

Whenever, in the opinion of the commissioner of transportation, a sufficient construction of conduits or subways under ground shall be made ready under the provisions of sections 24-410 through 24-414 of the code, in any street or locality in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, reference being had to the general direction and vicinity of the electrical conductors then in use overhead, the commissioner of transportation shall notify the owners or operators of the electrical conductors above ground in such street or locality. The notice shall inform them that they are to make such electrical connections in such street or through other streets, localities or parts of such boroughs with such underground conduits or subways as shall be determined by such commissioner of transportation, and to remove poles, wires, or other electrical conductors above ground and their supporting fixtures or other devices from such street and locality within ninety days after notice to such effect shall be given.

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