35-meter tall cell phone tower proposed for Montreal’s West Island park
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Videotron is hoping to build a 35-meter tall cell phone tower at Victor P Gray park in Roxboro. Some residents are concerned, while others welcome the move.
A West Island park may soon be home to a gigantic new cell phone tower. The borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro has been in talks with Videotron for months, as the company works to improve its service in the area.
When longtime Roxboro resident Marc Bisaillon was walking through Victor-P-Gray Park last week, he was alarmed to see a sign alerting the public to a Dec. 5 council vote on whether or not to allow the company to erect the tower on the city-owned space.
“I’m really shocked, to be frank,” Bisaillon told Global News. “This kind of thing is, frankly, from a public interest perspective unacceptable.”
Videotron wants to build a cell phone tower in the park about as tall as an eight-storey building.
“It’s a tower of 35 metres and the 35 metres of course will be visible,” Pierrefonds-Roxboro Mayor Jim Beis explained.
Beis says originally, Videotron wanted to build the tower right next to the Roxboro United Church a few blocks away.
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There was opposition from residents, including a Facebook page and a petition.
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