Proposed cell tower could be 199 feet tall
A 20-story building is typically about 200 feet high
June 16. By Dave Vieser. A cell phone tower almost twice the height of the current one near the intersection of Jetton Road and Old Jetton Road on the Peninsula is being sought by a company that is affiliated with and works with Duke Energy.The plans were unveiled Tuesday at the town’s pre development review committee’s monthly meeting in Town Hall
“The company seeks to erect a 199 foot high tower near the same spot where they currently have a 115 foot stick,” said Town Assistant Manager Wayne Herron.
To do so they will need to receive conditional zoning from the town.
At 199 feet, it is the highest a tower can be before lights are required by the FAA. The existing tower is located adjacent to a Duke Energy sub-station on land owned by the utility.
Commissioner Dave Gilroy, who is a member of the town’s Pre Development Review Committee, said the desired height raised some concerns and that the company would need to lay out visuals before hearings began.
The need for higher towers around the country is being largely driven by the demand for more data among cell phone customers. The new, higher cell phone towers, which are designed to handle that demand for data, have larger equipment near the top of the tower.
Herron said the request could take at least four months to work its way through the town’s review process. He was unable to name the interested firm since formal papers have not yet been submitted to the town.
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Does a higher tower mean improved reception coverage for The Peninsula residents? Just curious.
Reporter Dave Vieser responds: More than that, it really is needed to bring in better reception for data users, which is very common among the cell phone clan these days. Real 5G is the actual fifth generation wireless standard the industry is working on right now. It is the new band they are using for cellphones.
5G technology is very dangerous and is currently banned in several other countries. Cornelius needs to check in with residents who may be concerned with health effects from the radiation as well as investigate for itself why so many countries and towns and scientists are saying this is dangerous for plants, animals and people.
According to many (e.g., this NY Times article) 5-G is safe – and the fears are based on an erroneous chart by one scientist.
“To no small degree, the blossoming anxiety over the professed health risks of 5G technology can be traced to a single scientist and a single chart.
Except that Dr. Curry and his graph got it wrong.
According to experts on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves become safer at higher frequencies, not more dangerous. (Extremely high-frequency energies, such as X-rays, behave differently and do pose a health risk.)”
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