{"id":4743,"date":"2013-11-27T21:12:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T02:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2013-12-04T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T18:32:06","slug":"replaced-cell-tower-will-service-three-providers-but-location-at-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/replaced-cell-tower-will-service-three-providers-but-location-at-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Replaced cell tower will service three providers, but location at issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogers, Bell and Telus will join forces on a new 60 metre cell tower in east Aurora, removing and replacing an existing tower near St. John\u2019s Sideroad and Bayview Avenue, but some question whether it is the right location. <\/p>\n

The plan for the 60 metre tri-pole, a new tower similar in design to the controversial tower in King Township which looms over a neighbourhood on the eastern side of the Bathurst Street boarder, will replace an old-fashioned ladder-style tower in what will soon be the 2C development of thousands of new homes over the next five years. <\/p>\n

According to a report before Council by Marco Ramunno, Aurora\u2019s Director of Planning, Rogers got the ball rolling on the new tower in late July. The tower will be the same height as the one it is replacing, but relocating the tower will allow for all three companies to piggyback onto the service \u201cwhile improving the esthetics of the current design.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will eliminate the need for additional infrastructure for the three wireless service providers,\u201d said Mr. Ramunno.”<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstanding there are multiple options in height and size of a telecommunications tower, the applicant proposes a 60 metre in height tri-pole design to accommodate multiple carriers on one tower. The tower will be incorporated into the commercial block within the approved draft plan of the subdivision for TACC Developments.\u201d
\nA public meeting last month was unattended.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there are no houses out there, so there isn\u2019t the same impact of implementing a cell tower there as there have been in some other areas of Town,\u201d said Mayor Geoffrey Dawe at last week\u2019s General Committee meeting, before asking about the possibilities of moving the tower further to a corner of St. John\u2019s Sideroad and Leslie Street that would otherwise be unoccupied. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if that is possible, but it would perhaps be an opportunity there to do some natural buffering as opposed to having it beside houses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s planning department mentioned alternative locations but, after a review, Rogers decided against it, said Mr. Ramunno, noting a higher elevation is needed and the spot Mayor Dawe had in mind might be too low. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have looked at alternative locations within this parcel that is currently owned by TACC, but they have determined this is the most appropriate location to provide that continuous cell coverage in this location.\u201d <\/p>\n

Councillor Michael Thompson also said he had concerns with the options before Council, and said he wasn\u2019t convinced yet that all was in order.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I am sure Rogers has done their due diligence and they have come to the conclusion that this is the best location, I would have liked to have seen if they can\u2019t use a flagpole construction like is being considered for the Longo\u2019s plaza,\u201d he said. \u201cI would have liked to have seen more data that this is the only location it could be placed. I would have liked to have seen more to say it couldn\u2019t be placed north of the subdivision, so I could be confident I have done that due diligence. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have not seen that raw data to make me feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite some questions about locations, Councillors said they were encouraged that this new tower could eliminate the possibility of two further individual towers being needed in the area. Nevertheless, Council wanted to make sure every detail was covered with this tower to make sure it is the best option for Aurora and, particularly, the neighbourhood that is going to spring up around it \u2013 all the while avoiding the problems that swirled around the King tower.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Council is once bit, twice shy,\u201d said Councillor John Abel. \u201cWe want to make sure that we let the residents know that given the opportunity we would act on their behalf and in their best interests. We have to have a communication tower and nothing is going to change that. This Council took a lot of heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Councillor John Gallo: \u201cIf we were to consider moving it to that corner\u2026I am okay with exploring any options, but if you\u2019re going to do it, this is the best time to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rogers, Bell and Telus will join forces on a new 60 metre cell tower in east Aurora, removing and replacing an existing tower near St. John\u2019s Sideroad and Bayview Avenue, but some question whether it is the right location. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-1ev","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 09:55:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}