All companies, associations or corporations affected by the provisions of sections 16-248 to 16-253, inclusive, shall, subject to the restrictions therein imposed, have all the powers and rights of construction that are or have by law been conferred upon any domestic telephone corporation by special charter or otherwise.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-255
(1949 Rev., S. 5668; P.A. 85-187, S. 10, 15; P.A. 02-89, S. 24.)