Jefferson County 911 Dispatch Tower Opposed in Arnold
Emergency workers say the new tower would fix dead spots for police, sheriff, fire or ambulance transmissions; the city’s planning commission denied a permit to build it.
A proposed tower that emergency workers say could help patch dead spots in Jefferson County’s communications system is at the heart of a controversy in Arnold on two fronts. Building the 309-foot tower on the property of DeClue and Sons Tree Care, 3500 Telegraph Road, would require city council approval because it would be 110 feet taller than the city’s regulations allow. Residents have been speaking out against the tower at recent planning commision meetings. At one August meeting, 18 Arnold residents opposed the tower, saying they feared it would be dangerous in powerful tornadoes, reduce property values and expose them to cancer-causing radiation. "If the tower falls it has a possibility of hitting the gasoline (pipeline). When it …
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