Community Meeting Monday, Sept. 30, on First Application for Small Cell Tower in City Right-of-Way: For Utility Pole at 902 Merrimac Drive (south of intersection of Carroll Avenue and University Boulevard) Come Learn & Share Your Concerns with City Staff and Crown Castle Representative. This is the first of 11 small cell towers Crown Castle plans for Takoma Park in the next two years! (See list below.) Time: Monday, Sept. 30th, at 7:30 p.m. Place: Takoma […]
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Cell Wireless Facility Application Spotlight: Utility Poles on Merrimac Drive Improperly Expanded BEFORE Tower Committee Decision on Proposed Wireless Facility – Takoma Park Should Deny Permit for Attachment
Prepared by Rick Meyer (mc4t.org) March 8, 2019 Takoma Park should reject application for permit to install wireless facility that may be requested by PEPCO on behalf of Crown Castle for attachment to utility pole located in front of 902 Merrimac Drive. The original permit to replace and “make ready” existing pole(s) on Merrimac Drive was issued improperly in 2017 for third party attachment of a wireless facility. The application for the original permit should […]
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