Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The town of North Reading, acting by and through its board of selectmen, is hereby authorized to grant easements in certain parcels of conservation land located in said town to MediaOne of Massachusetts, Inc. or their successors to construct, upgrade, install, operate and maintain the necessary cables, wires, anchors, guys, supports and fixtures thereon for the transmission of cable communication services. Said parcels are shown as parcels 20, 23, and 33 on said town of North Reading Assessor's Map 72 and as parcel 2 on said Assessor's Map 73. Such easements being more particularly described as the exclusive right to attach or otherwise affix cables, wire or optical fibers comprising the cable communications systems to the existing poles or conduits on and along said easements; provided, however, that said MediaOne of Massachusetts, Inc., or its successor obtains the permission of the public utility companies to affix the cables and wires to their poles and conduit facilities, with the right to make service connections to subscribers, and the right to cut down or trim trees and bushes as the grantees may from time to time deem necessary, not to exceed a width of 30 feet.