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Town eyes 'emergency' communications tower

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TEWKSBURY -- The town wants to build a 90-foot-high "emergency communications tower" on Ames Hill, just three months after Town Meeting instituted a one-year moratorium on the construction of new wireless communications facilities.

Town officials argue that the Ames Hill tower, which would serve the Fire Department and other town departments, does not fall under the moratorium because it would not be for commercial use.

The Planning Board is scheduled to take up the proposal during its meeting MondayAugust 14 at 7:15 p.m.

Plans call for the tower to be erected off 158 Catamount Road, near two underground water tanks that are owned by the city. A 6-by-8-foot building would be erected near the tower, according to drawings submitted to the Community Development Office.

The tower would be part of a planned townwide communications system that relies on microwave technology, according to Fire Chief Richard Mackey. Using microwaves would improve existing voice, data and video transmissions, Town Manager David Cressman wrote in a town newsletter.

"This is state of the art," Mackey said. "This would benefit the whole town."

But at least one resident has already questioned the proposal, calling the proposed tower an "eyesore."

"Needless to say, I do not wish it to be built so close to my property line," Catamount Road resident James Meehan wrote in a letter to the town. "I'm concerned about the view factor, property values and activity at the site."