Placing the utility infrastructure outside of homes is described as dangerous and a cash cow for BGE, while company representatives say doing so is needed for safety.
A contractor and management company are accused of allowing thousands of bollards to be improperly placed around BGE’s controversial outdoor gas regulators.
Plaintiffs in a class-action suit call on Baltimore’s preservation panel to halt installations they say are unsafe and defacing homes in historic districts.
A deputy mayor floats alternative legislation that would resume old practices, give the board more discretion and “move the window towards allowing more approvals.”
A dissenting commissioner decries how for years the city ignored unsafe conditions created by the building’s owner “who now walks away with a big payday.”