7/13/14 - A new telecommunications tower has been recommended for approval by the Putnam Township Planning Commission. The new tower is being proposed by AT&T for the corner of Swarthout and Pinckney Roads. It will have a maximum height of 200 feet and serve local cell phone customers. Most new cell antennas, even for major cell phone and data carriers, are placed on existing towers along with their competitors in a process known as piggybacking. The telecommunications company had to show there was a gap in its cell phone coverage, that the new tower could fill that gap, and that no existing tower would accomplish this goal before the proposal would be considered. The proposed tower will go before the Putnam Township Board for discussion and possible approval as early as this Wednesday. (TD)
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