Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 30, § 2502 (2026)
Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction
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(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 2502)
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§ 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction
Lines of telegraph, telephone, and electric wires, as well as two-way wireless telecommunications facilities and broadband facilities, may, subject to the provisions of 19 V.S.A. § 1111, be constructed and maintained by a person or corporation upon or under a highway, in such manner as not to interfere with repairs of such highway or the public convenience in traveling upon or using the same. (Amended 1991, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 15, 1992; 1995, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 79, § 9, eff. June 9, 2007.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1960–2009 · leading case: City of Burlington v. Fairpoint Commc'ns, Inc., 2009 VT 59, 980 A.2d 226.
City of Burlington v. Fairpoint Commc'ns, Inc., 2009 VT 59, 980 A.2d 226. “The utility first claims that the trial court erred in concluding that 30 V.S.A. §2502 did not bar the City from requiring the utility to underground its facilities at its own expense.”
Preseault v. City of Burlington, 2006 VT 63, 908 A.2d 419. “In the alternative, defendants argue that this Court should reformulate the certified question and reconfirm its determination in prior cases that the railroad right-of-way in question was never formally abandoned as required under federal law, and thus they are entitled to…”
Rutland Cable T. v. Inc. v. City of Rutland, 166 A.2d 191 (Vt. 1960). “30 V.S.A. §2502 provides that lines of telegraph, telephone and electric wires may be constructed and maintained by a person or corporation upon or under a highway, in such a manner as not to interfere with repairs of such highway or the public convenience in traveling upon or…”
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